The Sunrise is Coming

Do you know what you did to

me this time?

And how fucking dare you

give me hope again?

Breathe into my lungs fresh

Mississippi wind

in my nostrils 

but Rome inspired everyone 

alive for the glory of the thing

the pride

honor

I'm still alive and kicking 

I have no stress 

over this

no one is equal

and no one gets out alive

values change and desire

dies

chained to my side:

my demons writhe 

chained to my spirit:

that dark girl 

God on the throne of my heart

power the master of my art

think of me when you start

your day east coast

the sunrise is coming 

blood behind my bones

my skin is smooth and unshaken 

I'll be golden 

I'll be gladdened

I'll be given over and whole

 Shoehorn

You were weighed in the balance

and found wanting

and all of our sins 

destroy temples

oh fall of the west

star in the east

you don't get a second chance at 

this

and my heart is split

because of it

the entire church is split in two

half way to 

two 

thousand 

a rip

a tear 

and scales mete out 

copper on 

one side

cash

on the other

a catalytic conversion

I can bring it back to religion 

but you wouldn't get saved

never 

loved 

you 

just dragged it out to use your flesh

as if love were something to choose

just be better 

goddamnit

be her

goddamnit