Amen

Let this be a spiritual practice
of sorts: finding
the right order for the right words,
or whichever words
I can muster.
 
Let me say stone. Roll it around
your mouth. The taste of it
an empty tomb.
Filled with shadows.
 
Let me say sword. The power
of life and death in the tongue.
How everything is divided.
How much I regret.
 
Let me say bread. Pair it with wine.
Find someone to join you at the table.
Sit until you are empty of speech.
Sit until you are full of blessing.
 
Then slouch bedwards.
Curl into the arms of your lover.
Say your evening prayers.
Make your declarations one to another.
Let it be so.