My Sins Block my Du'a

by Abdul Salaam Abu Lo

As I sit here alone,
The tears rolling down my face
It is not salt, but pain that I taste…

So I leave now to go
Stand before You
I am helpless and alone,
What else can I do?

I have asked, I have begged
But my sins block my du’a

I will come now still begging,
Forgive me O’Allah

Forgive me and grant me
What it is that I ask
For me it is impossible but
For You a simple task

I try and I try but I do not succeed
But I understand and know
It is because Your Words I do not heed

I hear, yes I hear
But I do not always obey
Perhaps that is why I am
Destitute, Isolated and why
You have written that I will
be alone this way

I have none to blame but the
person in the mirror I see
No one else must pay for my sins, no one else,
No one else, no one else but me

So I stand before You to
again beg forgiveness
because You said that I can
You have told us in Your
Book that You are Ar-Rahman
I will ask, I will beg but my sins block my du’a

But I will keep asking,
Forgive me O Allah…