Years Pass, the Sins Remain

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Years pass, the sins remain;
One repents, each year the same;
More regrets, little change;
Knowledge waxes, knowledge wanes.
In faith and love one finds a shore,
Presuming less, needing more,
Perhaps more chastened, perhaps less sure,
Undone by beauty, sustained and pure:
Ready for change on Yom Kippur.

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