A prayer for a death

I pray you stay away
Don’t come to ruin
What I have, what we have built
Tear it down brick by goddamned
You’ll never know the damage

He will follow you, panting
Like a dog on a leash
Leaving behind all that he has
He’s blind, forgetful
A slave to his dreams and his lust

I pray that there will be an accident
Coming for a “visit,” you say
To him you are everything, I am nothing
He’s just blind and dumb enough
Not to see it the way I do.

A squeal of tires
The BANG of the impact
I was in an accident once
Thank God I wasn’t hurt, but
But the sound…how loud it was

There will be carnage
Innocents hurt or maimed
I should be ashamed
But I pray for that accident
I’m sorry for the others, but not for you

He will forsake me for you
The promises he made
And I have taught him
About love and trust and need
He always forgets important things

With me he is reliable
With you he’ll be set free
With me he is dependable
With you he will soar – too close to the sun
Without me he is nothing

I hope you never come here
To ruin all my dreams
And take this good man from me
Who was a diamond in the rough?
He was yours, but now he’s mine