Faith

12/13/2020
When faith disappears
And what’s left here
Is empty space
Which once housed longing
Desperate to be heard
Never belonging
The need for connection
Show me affection
Hold me, please!
Without objection
Spare me rejection
Just this once
So I can say
There was a day
I saw the way
Back to love
For this I pray
I’m on my knees
I beg you to stay
Please stay
Just for today
I can’t watch you go
I can’t be alone
I haven’t atoned
For sins I've sown
Sins so stark
Lost in the dark
Monsters lurk
And smirk
They smell the hurt
Soaking my shirt
Like gasoline
I need a spark
To ignite the flame
To erase my name
Nothing but ashes
Don’t refrain
Give me this
End the pain
Watch the plume
Kiss the rain
Float to the sky
To never be seen
Ever again
It carries my soul
Away from here
Where nothing but fear
Riddled my life
With strife
So rife
The dullest knife
Could cut the threads
That kept me here
Held me together
Decided whether
I lived or died
Loved or lied
Whether I was
Out of time
The clock ticks slow
And low
It’s my time to go
To where I go
I don’t know
I see the door
A sight so bright
A sight
I’ve never seen before
Shine on the floor
Lead me away
Away from the night
Warm and bright
This must be right
I’ve found my way
Into the light