prayer


one never gets over the
oldloves
they stay with you
they haunt your life
and give sinew
to what you will always need
what you will always lack
because we dream
more than what can be

we live our lives 
grasping at our hearts desire
and never again touch
what the child once held
open your soul
and live like a child

i dream in ice and color
amid a lake of fire
my eyes, my mouth
beg my heart to burst

we should be broken down 
sobbing
a huddled mass
kissing at each others feet

back to sleepless reason