And They say God  

will not give you anything too weird

Without giving you

numbness to persevere

 

And yes

I am numb

 

My numbness covers me

like a steel jacket

with a chrome collar

split at the throat

 

Locked inside

this full-metal experience,

I can taste bitter alloy

pressing my shoulders together

 

Oh, I am numb

 

Outside quarter-plate gleams

in perfect bullet light

panels locked in flawless anesthesia

and creamy seams of weld

 

And we fall together

two bright cylinders of very heavy love

neighbors wincing at the clang

And jail-door clatter as our crane-guided hips

bash

 

numbness in love is much to overcome

 

And I know if i can just breathe

I can heave this armor

tear the terrible texture

and burst muscular through this wall

 

So I flex with a mighty roll.

Flesh of arms

against steel of cold

A tunnel of scream

against primer against plate.

 

and some say God

will not give you

anything