Requiem
I wake up each morning
With more doubts than faith
More anger than grace
Less sure of the line
Where love turns into hate
Believing I don't believe
In believing anything at all.
Each night I stumble and fall
Down on my knees,
Crumble and crawl
Begging whatever forces I may
That everything I am
Ends before the new day.
Because nothing makes sense
And whatever mystic imprints
We might like to confess
Are buried under years of duress
Guilt, grime and hard alcohol
I wonder at the lack of wonder in it all.
Please teach us to pray
When all we do is demand
Teach us to breathe
When we're frightened to stand
Teach us to see
When we're blinded and scared
Teach us to hope
Beyond all we've prepared
Teach us to heal
What our actions will rend
Give us the faith
To believe ere the end
Teach us to love
When we don't think we can
And Father, forgive us
All that we can't understand.
