Conquer

I conquered all

and found only blindness

I tried on my own

I tried it all…

It tasted like dust

God took dust

and made a soul

I take my soul

and make it dust

I see nothing.

I conquer Him

and fail myself

I conquer myself

and fail Him

There is no victory without defeat

No soul without dust

No sight without blinding

light of failure

I see you positioned like a lion

waiting to spring

Where are you?

Why haven’t you come?

The page turned…

but nothing happened.

The line continues, to infinity

even though

it returns

to a place

below

Story is not linear,

time is not a climbing line

The page turned forward

and the line turned

back

You’re back there

in eternity

waiting for me

Every night

since I was 12

I prayed for your soul

Every day

since I was 5

How I’ve yearned to meet you

How I’ve mourned your time

Taking your time, are you?

Time is not linear

You are in my soul

Eve was in his rib

before he knew he missed her

She was watching his heart

I’ve been watching your heart

And you’re a lion waiting to spring

So spring, why don’t you?

I’m waiting here.

Oh, I’m waiting

and yearning

and time isn’t linear,

but it feels like a never-ending line that presses on to infinity and never ends without you…

Let me return

to the end with you

Let dust swirl into a man

let his rib become a heart

He conquers me and in that light

I find the beginning

There is no victory

without the lion springing

You will spring, and I your heart

will leap

To enter you

Descend to you

The line continues, but you and I

We enter eternity

together