Oblation

                              Nights like this I miss
                                                                           the surrender most
               the control
                                                     over a man’s
            next breath
                                            his

will                                                 wends
                           inside
my throat                                                                            breaks
                                                     every sinew

bruised
                                                 please st st st st

stop
                        don’t                                                                         don’t
                                          go
                                                      just tell me

                        what                                                 anywhere

                                      you want
                                                                                                just breathe
                        we are climbing
                                                                                 every round goes
higher and
                                                          can these bones live
                                    curl inside
                                                                                  there
I won’t let you go
                                          please
                                                                                                don’t
        O                        you so love                          O
                                                          don’t      so
you                                                                                     love
                                        please
                                                                                  I won’t
                                        let you go until
you bless me
                                                                    love
                                                           so                         you
I                                                 won’t
                        let                                                 you
                                                                    go
                        until you                                                 curse me