What Should I Give Up

By Alex Fosnaugh

What should I give up,

And what shouldn’t I give up?

You had the Voice of a Siren

Lovely sweet melodies

Whispers of a time yet to come

It was only when, that Voice was taken

Away

And the sweet melodies faded away into the ether

That I was thrust back into reality

In the name of the almighty,

What should I give up?

Drunken lies of my lovesick heart

Only fed by withdrawal

Can you hear it beg?

Do you see the threads of my heart

Scattered across the ground

Down on their knees?

Do you hear its screams?

Or the silent wishes for the Lord above

To heal them

I’m licking up scraps

Searching for what once was

Desperate for your candied Voice

There was a time I would have given

Nearly anything on this plane and the

Next

Just for a moment with you

Did you even know?

Were you privy to my desperation?

Did you know you brought me closer to

God?

And that I begged Him to rip me from

You

Because when the sweet melodies

Were all gone

I felt the overwhelming crushing weight

Of sin creeping in