To the Gods

Hear me
Hear me now
To the Gods
I cry out
Help me
Hear me
I plead
and I praise
I fall on my bloody and bruised knees
And lift my scarred palms up
To the jeweled night's endless sky
To give to you and to love you
Help me
Hear me
I bow my head
And crystal droplets fall from my eyes
Like diamonds
And will soak into the soft ground of thawing spring
Please
I plead
Take this as my sacrifice
And by doing so I give you
My soul
I've done wrong
I have paid
I have paid in sorrow and in sadness
And as if to respond
A beam of light streaked across th esky
And I started to weep violently
Not knowing what for or for whom
I thanked the Gods
And I arise
A changed person