i am a daughter of jealousy,
come quickly.
too ready for fight
or flight
just to watch the night
pass swiftly.
i burrowed deep,
in a hard shell of reality,
to learn what i've lost
i've lost me.
i do not wait for rescue
virtue
piety
i live in penance,
my purgatory.
i wait for rain
to hear it drumming
the outside
unable to hear my name
i sink deeper, and deeper
and i trust only pain
there is quiet here--
come quickly,
just the same.
i won't be sorry
i'll never be sorry
never find me on bended knee
because nothing in this world
is strong enough
to cure this fidelity.