Devotion

I think you’ve mistaken

My desperation

For devotion

For devotion

For devotion

I walked bedrock

Exposed and barren

Disappeared into the mountains

Knocked on every door

Until one opened

And I felt my arms, rise light as feathers

And the clock hit me like a hammer

And my eyes roll back like porcelain

And the breeze cool me like aspirin

And I cried

If you see my lip start quivering

Don’t mistake my breaking open

Breaking open

For broken

I thought I knew how to listen

Until the hair on my skin

Rose in tongues

Ancient, unspoken

Then came the glow

Of a single candle

Through the blinds

In the rising sun