Will you take me in?

Blood red on gold.

Crisp white

Joined with cherry-red

Precious drops

Glistening

Like rubies

On crowns of thorns.

Are you there?

Will you take me in?

Ivory pale

Deadly gaunt

Twisted, contorted

Forgiving

As the night

After the crucifixion

Ages ago.

Is it you?

Will you take me in?

Opalescent

Pearly silver

Silvery-blue

Crystal tears

Sliding down the cheeks

Like rain

On shrouds.

Was it you calling?

Will you take me in?

Roses

Blooming in lead and glass

Coloring the dust

In vibrance

Of life

Heavenly

Unknown to men.

Was it your voice?

Will you take me in?

Frankincense mist

Spiraling

Before my eyes

Cathedrals

Rising through

The ashes

Of neglect and pain.

Was it your will?

Will you take me in?

Here I am.

Broken.

A shell of the soul

Irrevocably lost.

Wandering

Through the graveyards

Of forgotten verse.

Will you ever teach me

To believe without doubt?

Will you take me in?…