open wounds
scrapes and cuts
broken hearts
and
severed trust
pretty costumes,
hidden faces.. 
wearing masks
to hide the 
traces
of the 
virtue 
once existing
now, 
sullied waters
dark;
persisting...
pollute the
rivers 
of their
souls;
light escapes,
corruption 
controls..
thorns
submerge
from 
supple skin
concealing
preciousness 
within
they've 
lost
the will
to
Love
with care;
they breathe,
their 
virus 
stains 
the air
contagion,
sickness, 
quickly spread
each one 
they touched;
inside, 
are dead
now,
beauty
suffers;
transparent
to sight
it lives 
to be 
seen, 
but their 
eyes
are 
shut tight..
blinding 
rays 
of
deception
reduce them
to
their sins, 
their desires...
their own 
libidos
seduce them
they're searching 
for heaven,
but they're looking
on earth..
therein
lies the 
problem..
the solution:
rebirth
May Yahweh
restore them
to the 
days of
Eden;
to before 
the forbidden 
fruit 
was eaten
my prayer 
for them
to find 
redemption
before
the 
time comes
for
ascension
may Christ lead the 
Way
to the 
narrow path
May they

narrowly
escape 
Yahweh's
great 
wrath;
unaware 
their pain
is 
self-inflicted..
not cursed
not doomed..
they're just 
addicted.