I come to you in penitence.

[brian madden]

I come to you in penitence,
with redemption pressed against my lips,
bare soled across the arid sands of Shiloh.
Beneath, the catacombs enshrine our bones,
draped in light and bound by skeletal embrace,
We await the veil of flesh to resurrect
the naked heart that once quaked Babylon.

I come to you in abstinence,
to caress the curve of your fallen dress,
as we bathe by the shores of Galilee.
Between, a tower of Babel divides us with defiance,
I've combed its horizon, clawed tooth and nail
and blown mercurial charges beneath its surface
yet I can not pierce the chambers of your sanctum.

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Not sure if this needs a third verse or not but my muse is taking time out. I have no idea how the references to Biblical cities crept in. It is not a religious poem in any way.

[judih]

brian, nice movement going on - i think a third verse could easily be added
(you asked!)

[brian madden]

judih, Thanks for the feedback, glad you like movement its something I have been focusing on a lot when I write these days...

My muse has only given me two lines of a third verse, ironical the first line is "I come to you in silence..." so for now its two verses until I find the words for a final verse.