Merciful Request

My friend, my companion

The drought of my life has cracked my will

I am weary and tired

And one request is all I ask of you

Take me down to the river

To the murky flow where we used to spend the hot summer days

I will lay in the water with my eyes closed and please

Mercifully hold me under

My brother, my blood

My forked tongue has left me parched

I have spewed too harsh of truths

Let me now ask one last favor

Take me down to the lake

The spot where you used to climb trees and our father drank and fished endlessly

I will lay in water with my eyes closed and please

Mercifully hold me under

My love, my wife

My heart and promises have run dry

I am without purpose nor mettle

I have given you much but now I’ve one behest

Take me down to the beach

To where we fell in love beneath the starlit sky

I will lay in water with my eyes closed and please

Mercifully hold me under

My God, my savior

I am lost in the desert of my life

My sins and soul need absolution

Grateful I’ve been but may you answer my last prayer

Make a pond for me

Fill it with the tears I’ve cried and those I’ve caused others to shed

I will lay in the tears to look up at your face and please

Mercifully hold me under