Relapse

"If I tell you the truth, if I make a case for myself, if I beg for your understanding will you give me a few unguarded moments of your time? Underneath this canopy of dark stormy nighttime sky, not a more forgiving place, could I hold your hand? I feel the monster's breath of my neck, I feel his toes scraping my heels as I walk. I am not sure how much further I'll get until he swallows me whole, once again. Just stay with me here a moment or two, just let me breath you in for awhile, I need to escape before morning comes. If I could just feel the peace humming inside of you, if I could only enter your grace. Please, just for a moment or two."