Tattered Prayer

Searching for a faint hope that wants not to be found

Perching on my shoulder, despair weighs me down, pound for pound

Pray to whatever gods there may be, prayers sent right back down to me

Pressing on and on, my heart never lets hope be gone

This journey for hope, rips me layer by layer

Only deaf ears can hear this tattered prayer

Finding just an ounce of hope, fuels the soul a thousand miles

Body growing quite tired, cruel despair upon me has been piled

Close my eyes for a brief rest, dream of that sweet caress

No, I know that dream is a pit, I will never climb out of it

This journey for hope, rips me layer by layer

Only deaf ears can hear this tattered prayer

Abandoned, forsaken, all warmth from me this has taken

Furious, saddened, writhing, my mind has been maddened

Empty, alone, one thing to escape this I know

Eyes closed, that sweet dream, never to leave, I now go