The Blood & The Bones

last night
in the greatest desperation
as my heart sang the cadence of your name
tear stains digging river beds into my solemn cheeks

I knew

I had reached the point of breaking

and so
I got down on my knees
and prayed to a God
I don’t even know if I believe in
begging the heavens

pleading
if he is really mine
show him the way back to me
and if he is not

dear god if he is not for me
for the sake of my soul

for the sake of my sanity
to keep you, to hold you, to uncross our paths for the time that I have left on this earth

to set me free
and so here I sit
with hope, with hurt, with hell and your name
still burning the tip of my tongue
waiting in patient agony

to see which it will be

the blood & the bones