Cost

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. - Thoreau

Baptize me.

Baptize me so my blindness can see.

Legitimize me.

Legitimize what I was meant to be.

Lock the door but don't throw away the key.

Hypnotize me.

Hypnotize what's left of my mind.

So I can be gentle and kind.

Get me out of this inextricable bind.

Calm me.

Calm me down so I don't make a fuss.

As I wait for the next bus.

To carry and deliver us.

Take me.

Take me out of this boat.

Place your candles around my parched throat.

So I can float.

Cover me.

Cover my body but not my face.

So I can continue.

Continue the race.

Picking up the pace.

Deal me.

Deal me a fourth ace.

In this Godforsaken place.

Pass me.

Pass me through fire, water and ice.

As I roll fate's dice.

Not touching the pie but obtaining a slice.

Marry me to Heaven.

Marry me to an angel and throw rice.

Make everything cozy and nice.

So I act once and think twice.

Make me exempt.

Exempt from life's ...

... steep price ...

Author's Note

"Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe." - Thoreau