In this silence behind this heart's beating
I hear the war drums of each human flaw
Rage unrelenting even as a foe retreating
I can't find comfort nor feel glory or awe
My being is flesh, flawed and well beaten
Each breath I wish my last, cancer gnaws
Blame myself, none other, and I weaken
For anger brings me nothing, grace is all
Rage is abandoning all I've tried to do
And Lord God, it keeps me from you
Forgive me, it is embedded in my flesh
And it burns deeper with every breath
