Bring Out Your Dead

by Rachel Vilencia on Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 3:14pm

bring out your dead
all the vile you conceal
show me your worst
and I will show you grace

skeletons
secrets
lies
and
shames

I will take them on

to love you is to love even these

bring out your sadness
your crushing grief
and promises lost
and I will be all things new

I will hold you through the withdrawals

to know you is to embrace even this

bring out your tears
the things that hurt even now
this wound much deeper
than any you have felt

I will help you remember peace

to explore you is to discover all of that

so bring out your dead
let it rot in the sun
and become the fuel
for new life to begin