Desperate Covenant

Will you be my strength?
I am exhausted.
There is so much to do
And I need something to keep me on my feet.

Will you tell me what encumbers me?
For whatever's eating me inside
Has been in there for too long
And I cannot see it anymore.

There's an endless fray
Where my happy memories should be.
If you could pull me out of it,
Until I can tell right from wrong again...

In return I'll watch over your sleep
And ward off the nightmares.


In the fertile recess of his mind
I’ve sown the whispers of
A thousand tales,
To make him think
– and think, and think –
Of illusions, of affection,
And brew the pain himself
That poisons his heart.