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Prayer

Jean Wickham

 

I say a prayer,
And I'm a phoenix
Stripping
My sins
Around my ankles
With my eyes closed
(Like fists)
Now I can sleep.

Nothing is cleansed
Because everything
Is ashes.

Need a fix
When feeling this
Penetrates the skin.
Secure in knowing
I can be resurrected again.

I do it
In flames again.
End Flames.

After all
It's just a process.

I get down on my knees.
I can sleep.