Stay

Bind me to your altar.

The ropes that bruised.

The others who nestled their hung heads in the basin.

I want to feel my wrists shape the same holy purple that wears you.

Enshrine me in reds and pinks. Preserve me the moment my lips taste worship as honeyed as mead And as warm as clove.

Then brand me in the swallowing black mass of sky and share what terrible gods I can affront to stay me in this cowering prayer.

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