a different kind of faith

I don't need Gods in my chest
to make my heart beat
when you've been there
for years
like an electrical current
tapped directly into my veins
shocking me back into life
when all I wanted to do
was walk off the edge of the Earth
and leave nothing but
a blurry photography
and a playlist of sad songs
for everyone to remember me by

I don't need Gods in my chest
to make my heart beat
when you've been the
hope I needed
even when you stripped me
of everything
and left me chasing shadows
in the dark
I couldn't put out the candle
in my chest
when you'd already lit me up
with an eternal flame
and a love that will never end
no matter how many times
I've tried to bury the spark of you

I don't need Gods in my chest
to make my heart beat
when you're the faith in my veins
a human God
as flawed as mythology
as reliable as an umbrella
in a hurricane
as eternal as a mote of dust
caught in a sunbeam
you are everything
and nothing
all at once

I don't need Gods in my chest
to make my heart beat
when I have you