i danced in a storm today
just me and the thunder

and i wept with the sky
and my tears with the rain
made bitter love
and tore my heart open and had me on knees
dented by the ground beneath me

i thought of you
of the past and the mistakes and the wonders
of beauty and destruction

soon my face kissed the earth
and i was still
in a moment of despair

then i found myself
and raised my eyes to the heavens
and asked for mercy
once more