For _____

Emotion rips through your skin
A cresting tidal wave
As you take to the skies
Darkened by the pain of desire,
do not fear the beast inside me.

Heavenward is the vigil
A sign of your grace
Where your heart couldn't be
And you kindness would sting my face
like the frost upon my window
In a faded snowed-in memory
A flickering spark in a cloud of self-doubt

Your strongest foe is inside you
Until the final battle all remained calm
The storm of needles and blades
Show me the meaning of self-sacrifice
Show me the way of the warrior
Show me the secrets of the self
In all that is renewed,
and in everything that is dying.