Blood, sweat, and tears.

Sacrifice yourself in the mouths of others.

Taste your own despair and blood

as you bite your tongue

and nod

bow your head

and turn your cheek

to the one who once carried the world with you,

the one who once hung the stars for you,

the one for whom you captured lightning for.

The lightning you caught

has escaped

and now it shocks

and burns you

when you touch the one

you used to call home.