Purification and Revelation

I weathered the storm

I walked through the flames

I laid on the nails

and I read both the names

I cut til I bled

prayed hoping to cry

imagined me screaming

asking myself why

I played with the legos

and beat them on the ground

until my knuckles bled

sleep I finally found

I knocked myself senseless

then in morn I would wake

and I would wonder "dear God

how much can I take?"

Then in one night 

of magic, of divine purification

I drew the image on my heart

in bloody mutilation

And I found that it wasn't

the message I had been expecting

but the one I would die for

and live just protecting.

And in that revelation

I looked at what I had drawn

and let go of what might of been

and began to move on. 

And though there is pain

in this decision too

I know in my heart

its the right thing to do.

So I hope for you, my friend

great peace beyond measure

and that in your love

you will find such a treasure.