He was raised on secondhand gospels, that he never learned to believe. Still he sung amazing grace, with a sinners hallowed grief. He was haunted by the Holy Ghost, such is the fate of the devout. But he spoke the language of the lost, with the taste scripture heavy in his mouth. He was of the faithless and the divine. And he did, as the damned do, became a martyr.
for the boy you loved, who the gods forgot | p.d














