my latest idol
i bow before
offer up my heart and soul
and body
and the best of my life
my thoughts and daydreams
are not of You
my hidden songs
are not yours
the words I speak
are painted with images
of the idol
and bowing again
before it I come

YOU CANNOT HEAL ME
you do not know my pain
YOU CANNOT COMFORT ME
you do not know why I scream
you do not see the demon that comes to me in the night
you do not feel my sickness
feel my terror
endure the fight
YOU CANNOT HOLD ME
you do not know what to protect
YOU CANNOT SHELTER ME
he will come in again

and you cannot stop him