Seven Sisters

Seven sisters
sitting in the center
of my rust-ridden heart,
shining like the light
I only long to be.
I have so much love
pulsing through the blue-red arteries
but it leaks through the holes
of this decrepit little heart.
I hope you see my intentions,
as I try with all my might
to muster up enough emotional stamina
and show you I care
at least a little bit.
I've got stars,
in the middle of my chest,
they've just forgotten what it's like
to paint the night sky.

I've hidden them away,
along with everything else.

Hey Israel!

Hey Israel!
Your walls are crumbling,
and embers are rising,
higher than you intended.
Longer than you had hoped.

Hey Israel!
You're a whore to evil,
flirting with desires,
you were never meant to have.
You were never meant to have me.

Hey Israel!
This thing called faith
isn't something to pick up and put down
at your earliest convenience.
And neither am I.

Hey Israel!
How much longer will you live
in the sin of your youth?
With emptiness in your soul?
With no destination before you?

Maybe you deserve to be left in the desert.