Jesus

remember when i was young?

i talked to you about all the things

that scared me and how much i loved you

and how thunder was you bowling

and the wind was your sweet breath.

remember how i wrote your name on my locker,

how i sang to the stars and sighed

your name in sleepless wonder?

remember how i went to jail

and called your name in hatred.

all the times i killed your disciples

and poisoned your fishes

acid tabs in your blood and poison in your body.

remember how I ached for someone to talk to

when the park closed and all the squirrels went to sleep

for eternity?

jesus, remember the shirt you borrowed from me, well, i want

it back.