"Purgatory"

If you like poems about love with religious overtones, read. If you like poems that are just written for the beauty of writing's sake, well then read. If you're already on freelove2009.blogspot.com, well then read. And, if any references are incorrect, I would apologize but I write for the sake of writing, not for accuracy.

Purgatory

I'm halfway to heaven
And halfway to hell
And the difference between the two is so slight
That I can't even tell
If I let your hands
Slip away from mine
I'll be free for the angels
And go where it's divine
But if I keep holding on
I'll just slip into the fire
And fall to a place
Where I'll never be lifted higher
You are my purgatory
And now I must choose
A choice that seems obvious
Yet I feel either way, I'll lose
If I turn away from you
I know I'll rise above
But when it comes to you
I am pious in my love
If I let go of you
I will find salvation
But the desire to keep holding you
Is an overwhelming temptation
Thus a horrific battle wages within
For you are my sweetest and most sacred sin
Sometimes I know I can't continue this behavior
And sometimes I believe you are simply my savior
You were once my grace
But since then, I fell
So, I'm halfway to heaven
and halfway to hell.

Love freely,
tY