Crashing around me
Leaving me bare
The walls that once
Kept me safe here
A hammer or mallet
Have torn it away
Left me exposed
And made me your prey
Ripped and naked
Before you now
My soul is exposed
Fain I’d avow
Raw to the bone
Forgiven by grace
Don’t take my heart
And leave it misplaced
Timid though firm
Supple and drawn
It will love you forever
Until the last dawn.

March 10, 2016