a storm
i see a storm brewing around me
and hail is falling from the skies
i try to catch every single one so
they won't hit a single human soul

i spread my arms and face the Heavens
and i find myself screaming towards the world:
"take me instead, let me hold it all
today, tomorrow, all the days that will be
let me take it for everyone"
i deserve no more and no less than all of this

for all my curses, and wrongful words
for all my unforgivable sins
i ask for redemption, for punishment
for a chance to make things right
i am selfish, i am greedy
but please just let me make things right

let my bones shatter into stars that will guide
people in their darkest days, their darkest nights
let my flesh burn and melt away
into rivers that will hold the weight of anything,
of everything
let my veins untangle and rip me from seam to seam
and become the threads that hold together,
everybody else's scars
oh how i wish,
let no one be burdened again

i see a storm all around me
people struck down, one by one
their screams fill my ears
and it latches onto my soul
i feel the guilt drag me to the ground
for this storm i caused, for my selfishness
my lust for power, for happiness, for a bent and broken crown
so i scream out to the Heavens
clasp my hands in front of me
and i pray with stuttered, shaking words:
"take me instead, let me hold it all
today, tomorrow, all the days that will be
let me take it for everyone"

and let this world be cleaned.