Dark Prayer Poem by Joanna Pavlides

When at times the longing
The cruel desire
Strips my soul off words
Then I no longer want this love

And I swear and I promise
To the darkest of stars
I make grand heartless plans
Not to see you again

When the loneliness of nights
And restless morning hours
Burn my paralysed eyes
I let go of life

Just to trade with the devil
Little pieces of my soul
For a few minutes of you
Bathed in an eternal glow

So I exist one more day
Your fading image being a crutch
The ache numbed with drugs
Every waking hour becoming too much

So in weakness I ask for Him
To tear your dreams out
Of another woman's arms
Before it utterly destroys

Each of us