Prayers

an ode to prayers and pledges.

Stabbed through the heart with your crucifix
Pinned to the wall with your dirty flag
Wearing your blood like a mask
Your hand to your chest, raise up your head
Exposing your porcelain neck

I pledge allegiance to the flag
I pledge allegiance to the flag
I pledge allegiance…

Cry out in anguish, oozing out of your wounds
That’s not blood, its dignity, and you’re running low
That rosary looks mighty tight around your neck,
Too tight
Straining to breath, gasping for air

Hail Mary full of grace
Hail Mary full of grace
Hail Mary… Hail Mary…

Lift your head above water, you’re sinking
Drowning in you own existence
It will all end soon, innocent faces stare back at you
Bomb strapped to your chest, finger on the trigger

All glory and praise be to Allah
All glory and praise be to Allah
All glory and Praise…