Shield and Sword
With my arms
   I have tried to protect you
   I told you
   Of my joys
   So my wounds
   You couldn't share
   I petitioned to GodÂ
   For him to give you wonder
   My prayers were themedÂ
   Asking for you to be free
   If I was in pain
   My heart would soar
   Thinking that you hurt not
   That you were innocent
   In my dreamsÂ
They take you
   And it is I who comes
   When they prepare their knives
   I come to you
   And they watch meÂ
   Hungrily they watch
   And I give myself for you
   I take your pain
   They torture, eat, hold me
   And my only joy
   Is knowing they cannot touch you
   In life I would do it
   I would take pain
   The pain meant for you
   It wasn't until now that I saw
   The greatest pain
   My arms can't deflectÂ
   Is me
   And that eventually I must leave
   My arms cannot shieldÂ
   For they are the pain
   I sacrifice myselfÂ
   But my sacrifice hurts you
   Last night I dreamtÂ
They I gave myself to
   And the greatest pain
   Was feeling your eyes watch
   There was no joy
   And your eyes
   They hurt the most
 Poem 89 ~ 3/14/2013