Reply To: Piyutim at the end of slichos.

We say like the poor who knock on Hashem’s door recognizing that we lack zechusim worthy to be heard. It says in SA O’CH 98 that we should not daven with the mindset that we are worthy of being granted our wishes. We should daven for a matnas chinom, a free grant, as ki lo chofetz bemos hames ki im beshuvo miderochov vechaya, Hashem does not want to punish the sinner but do teshuva to live. Anu melei avon, we are full of sin, veato malei rachamamim, and You are full of mercy.