My Heart Hurts
And So I Look to You
I will never succeed.
That’s a given.
I stop and sit
With the taste of your
Wrath in my mouth
And I dare to say thank you.
Even that’s not the point,
Because a devil would do the same.
It’s not enough to be
Grateful for being condemned.
But it’s a start.
This is how I keep
You in my heart.
This is how I have
To feel your presence;
Through pain, through grief.
Otherwise, my attention
Would be elsewhere.
My feet hurt and so
I contemplate them.
Same principle.
My heart hurts
And so I look to you.
Peter Valentyne
January 10, 2011
And So I Look to You
I will never succeed.
That’s a given.
I stop and sit
With the taste of your
Wrath in my mouth
And I dare to say thank you.
Even that’s not the point,
Because a devil would do the same.
It’s not enough to be
Grateful for being condemned.
But it’s a start.
This is how I keep
You in my heart.
This is how I have
To feel your presence;
Through pain, through grief.
Otherwise, my attention
Would be elsewhere.
My feet hurt and so
I contemplate them.
Same principle.
My heart hurts
And so I look to you.
Peter Valentyne
January 10, 2011
This might be my favorite. I really love it. Thanks for all of these.
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