when beads of sweat roll down my forehead
and down my chin,
Christ will turn the salt into blood and back again.
this is what it’s like to love you.
i will fall for you like a dog.
with teeth snarling, mouth agape,
animalistic prowess, bleeding red.
this love is so close to God
it can’t be seen as anything but holy.
i will make my mark through prayer and kindness.
i will burn down the city of *****
claw through freshly-dug graves,
cry to my savior,
and scream so loudly my lungs turn to ash.
i will love in a terrifying,
i will love in a startling,
i will love in a magnifying,
i will love, i will love, i will love.
Oct 22, 2024
Oct 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM UTC
when beads of sweat roll down my forehead
and down my chin,
Christ will turn the salt into blood and back again.
this is what it’s like to love you.
i will fall for you like a dog.
with teeth snarling, mouth agape,
animalistic prowess, bleeding red.
this love is so close to God
it can’t be seen as anything but holy.
i will make my mark through prayer and kindness.
i will burn down the city of *****
claw through freshly-dug graves,
cry to my savior,
and scream so loudly my lungs turn to ash.
i will love in a terrifying,
i will love in a startling,
i will love in a magnifying,
i will love, i will love, i will love.
my religion wraps me up like a present and presents me to him
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