My Shepherd is a Vampire

My Shepherd is a Vampire - DrasticDzastr The vampire feeds upon the past A wound that never truly passed The Lord, my shepherd in the black Keeps the innocent from turning back A compass hidden in the flood Pulling divinity through the mud I shall not want, I look within Not every halo comes without sin You never knew it when you kneeled Your shattered spirit slowly healed An invitation without a bell A whisper saying Choose Choose well Hunger A holy hunger Dragging the soul through fire and thunder Hunger An ignorant light Teaching the blind how to walk through night Do not drink the anxious river Where hollow hearts decay and wither Stillness is the sacred art The war begins inside the heart I wander beside chaos singing While heaven and hell are slowly ringing Restoration blooms below Inside the depths you learned to know Standing on rooftops instead of war Searching for what the suffering’s for Restore to me salvation’s breath A pulse still dancing inside of death Hunger A divine hunger The holy wound beneath the thunder Hunger A compass concealed Leading the broken until they heal The shepherd leads through shadowed valleys Past ruined towers and empty alleys The hunger never tells the end It only asks if you will descend You cannot see beyond the veil Faith is born where senses fail Though I walk where the black roots crawl I chose no evil through it all A walking holy vampire Teeth made out of sacred fire Drinking truth instead of blood Turning sorrow into love The battle standing in your sight Was never won through fear or might A table set among your foes To understand the pain they chose A cup once filled with rage and spite Now overflowing holy light Not armor Not revenge Not oil spilled in arrogance But mercy burning quietly Inside the soul eternally The hunger screamed beneath my skin Until I finally let light in What once was hidden underground Became the voice without a sound Breakfast resting in my hand At the cosmic edge of promised land All our scars together laced Washed in overwhelming grace Now no hunger must be sated No throne remains to desecrate it Instead we dance Inside our home No longer lost No longer alone A place we dwell Where shadows fell You chose Chose well