Restless Cities

I am the altar you left behind
you pulled fire from your pocket
and shook hands with the heavens
You took up passion with the
broken-down angels

You left me to burn like those
restless cities
like Sodom and Gomorrah

Together they wasted away
They went nights without rest
their backs frozen
trapped in the cage of time

Their backs were frozen
they could not move
They could not do anything right

They didn't know the weight of falling ash
the suffocation of black smoke
how thick it would be
until they could not breathe
leaving Abraham alone
crying on his knees
the cities were left burning
until even Abraham himself
had to get up and leave

I can understand why you would want to make things burn
run rampant with rage like fire

Soon there will be nothing at all
and soon I won’t know love
and soon I will face that fire
and even Abraham will turn his back

I want to destroy my voice
I want to bury my hands
I want to break beauty’s back

My thoughts don’t have room to move
dear God

my dear God

You have left me in flames