Day Fifteen - #WoPowriMo - Testimony

I walked

past the church today,

bells all ringing

as they cast me away; said: ‘nothing

–      - go roll in your dust’. And I wondered

if maybe

my wander-lust and the stars,

through branches,

had caught up with me.

I swallowed my scars,

and wondered, on you,

all effervescent light,

as the world came down around me,

and claimed a shimmering

night of passion

and a glorious flame,

as I fell to my knees and howled

your name amongst angels

and dragons

of rust;

my shackles all powdered

and turned to

dust, in an instant, when I felt waning

mistrust,

and you lay down beside me and told

me a tale;

your heart,

your soul,

were not for

sale, in a cross-winter wind.

You were only just

biding your time,

and waiting

for life

to begin.