ADDICTION

[MPerry]

ADDICTION

 

out of an ember, day fades into night
made from sparks burning faith made right
to become flame, in heated exchange
our bodies fleshed out by the shadows
we are, thrust upon hallowed ground, as
we whisper speak, in our preemptory prayers
while soul searching that demands, we proclaim
divine intervention, we are consumed, with hearts exhumed
by stolen moments taken heed, we breathe as if our last, ready to
ignore mind over matter, the body and soul, is overcome
wheels turn, to be human after all, in our limited capacity
to accept true love, thus unable to break free, from mind control, held up
be unable to explain, that we are beyond, help- when love is the drug
of choice, with no remedy or cure- this addiction, is made bigger- than us both

 

By Michael Perry