“Confession”

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I do not bloody my mouth with wine-

I do not eat my god.

I do not live for death.

 

I flicker before eternity. 

I wait at the golden gates, and 

I question the angels and devils upon my shoulders.

 

There is nowhere I feel at home.

There is no care for my body- 

There is no love for my soul.

 

There is a question of my loyalty

There is certainty and doubt.

There is faith and unfaith.

 

You never left me.

You were a constant in my life. 

You were alive in the monstrance.

 

You lost your luster as I grew impure.

You are a truth I have failed to acknowledge.

You make a fool out of me every day.

 

I confess vanity.

I confess pride.

I confess sin.

 

And I open my eyes once more to the sky,

Taking you in like rays from the sun.