THE THORNY PRAYERS OF LAMBS

never needed
jesus
though that
ain't what i was told
and lord knows
i lingered
at the edge of
his water
and seen him
beat down
and strung up
but, lord,
i never asked
and wouldn't of
had i seen
what they
would do
 
and all you
ever done
was kindness
and ain't
it just the way
when you
try so hard
but fate  
lays its eye upon you
and you see your truth
plain as the sky is blue
and ain't nothing
pleasant in it
but you just
keep moving
because  
this is the road
you're meant
to walk
and ain't a thing
you can do
but walk it
'til it ends
 
and whoever  
wrote about you  
just knew i'd be  
standing here
like a billion  
other souls
knowing my own
hard road
and feeling every time
that whip comes down
and every thorn pressed in
and every nail what pins me
to my own hard cross
lonely on some hill
wondering why
i was forsaken
same as you