Guilt washes over me

Guilt washing over me, never going away,
Burning inside every day.

Regret and remorse for what I have said and done.
I know I should have done better, my guilt ways a ton.

Heavy chains drag me down, I am struggling to breathe,
I am doubting my survival, please just a momentary reprieve.

I try to forget and choose to ignore, but guilt washes over me, some more. 
Should I say sorry and be done, but guilt washes over me, I have lost my sense of fun.

Can't turn back time, can't change whats done, but only reflect since my guilt begun.
Caught in a spiral, my purgatory for this life,
Guilt washes over me with indiscriminate strife.

A prisoner of my thoughts, convicted by emotions,
Guilt keeps me restricted and on a roller coaster commotion.
Acceptance and forgiveness I ask for each day,
no longer living in the past, I can see is the only way!