earnest question

When you’ve made peace
with ghosts and regrets,
attended to duties
and promises unkept,
repaired mistakes
and mended fences,
paid your dues with
atonement and repentance
Will you rise from the ashes
of all dreams forlorn?
Or settle with the dust
of afterthoughts to scorn
our misguided trust
that all things sacred,
decent and just
will be rewarded?