may at the same time
have a heart of gold
but to redeem himself may be thwarted by something
beyond his control to his bitter despair
and earn a fraction of forgiveness
like a pilgrim of the cross loses his way in a land of infidels
at the hands of those he destroyed
plunged into a night which is dark and eternal
without a single star to decorate it
not even Venus
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