Oh Keep The Faith

Hot

Unfulfilled

And consuming

Anger.

Ever taut

And ever

looming.

So out of control,

To losing my soul

Against bastions

Of faltering faith.

For witness of

A dying love,

Gives one over

To a burning hate.

I must deride,

I must overcome

And hide,

For I cannot wait,

I have lost it all

And all

Is exaggerated waste.

Anger,

Rage

Unholy fury.

I cannot explain

 To captured spirits

Shackled in pain.

No more,

Oh no more

Can the mind take.

For there is a thing

That cannot be undone

As no man

Has ever fought this battle

And won.

So why should I

Be ashamed

When fighting

Darkness

At his own game.

So keep the faith

Oh keep the faith,

For I must trust

And not falter

so close to the gate.

Yeah though…

How

When

How much longer

Must I wait?

For I am now

On broken feet

Crippled

Saddened

And weak.

Oh, keep the faith

I hear my

Blubbering lips say,

As I crumble unto

Grains of sand

And join my brethren

mired in the darkened clay.

J. Allen Wilson © 2004