Red like communion wine

I pour myself out to you

Over and over

I’ll drop to my knees

Beg for your forgiveness

Thank you for your resigned acknowledgement

And

Pray that you are still listening

_Are you listening?_

Take me to the gate

Tell me which side I’ll be going to

But say it to my face

If you will grant me one last mercy

Leaving me in the void in-between

It’s the cruelest purgatory

But it’s where you send me

Over and over

So if you still care,

Take me to the altar

Slit my throat and for once,

Let me be something holy

To you

Only you