Helper

My love was lost in darkness
and I provided a light.
I set my arm aflame
and it burned into the night.

I guided my love back
and he made himself at home.
He poured himself a Jack and Coke
and sat upon his throne.

My arm sloughed off
to ash and soot,
and there I felt his rage.
He savaged me for hours
and I begged for days and days.

My love at last relented
for I put his wrath at ease.
I lit my face on fire
when I got down on my knees.

By the soft glow, my love read
The Proverbs of the Soul
As long as he remained
I gladly paid the toll.

My skin began to crinkle
the light began to fade
I don’t know why he travels
or ever why he stayed.

My love has long departed
I didn’t watch him go.
My eyes were dying embers
so many years ago. Ω