Thursday, August 13, 2009

clean is not a function of humanity, but we're still made in God's image.

there's no need to explain
why your expectancy
smells like
laundered dishrags
and prison bars pending locks.
you'll feel vindicated
if i leak out,
but this raft
has been seventeen years now
survival
bordering success.
you're waiting for
the ten commandments
to catch up with my
racing spikes
but i ain't running to beat perfection.
i define holiness as
an attempt at finding my kneecaps.
God gave me diamonds
to bleed on,
just to show
how my life is made of prayer
and i know this:
he loves me
for my pulse
and hunger to fly.

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