Fervor

Your belief in me deifies
and taught me the fear of God
He's afraid of letting us down.

I can be a lot in the morning
anything except
blank as I was last night.
Fill the space with what attracts you
I'll get it back tomorrow
I swear.

Your faith inspires
I will work miracles for you.

, too.

You are handsome
But not to the extent
I believe.

All incoherent, exhausted word vomit
meant half as much as your
remembering to call.

But She Never Comes Home and She Won't Call

Children are selfish,
Yours are no exception.

I am afraid
of third degree burns
Spiders
And that you will die
before we learn to talk
without fighting.