Prayer

 

the world will burn today

to walk away as I set it all on fire

to say something like I knew it all along

when, in fact, I did -

is no use now.

 

the world will flood tonight

to run away as the dam collapses

to think something like I knew it all along

yet, in fact, did nothing -

is no use now.

 

what good is a hurt woman to the world?

she is a burning house

a flooded village

she splits trees open with her eyes.

 

I go to sleep, tell nobody good night

I go to sleep and hope no god hears

what I pray for.