HEARTGUARD
Peace
that undulant caress
that soothes the mad rogue
running wild
in my heart’s chambers
in ways beyond my fevered grasp
she brings calm to this relentless rant
and shields every fledgling fear in me
beneath her soft mothering wing
This song of heaven
unleashed by angel armies
finds its truest home
in this sad clay
There she stands each night
like a sentry
to the King’s palace
forbidding entrance
to all unworthy things
working as a maiden
in all my secret chambers
polishing the walls
polishing the walls
‘till they come forth as gold