paper doll jesus


                    dear jesus,
                            wherever have i kept you all my life?
                            wherever did i hide your mouth and eyes?
                                    concealed and silent
                                    in a velvet case,
                                    imprisoned and sleeping
                                    in a tight, glass cage...
                                                                    safe.
                            no humanity
                            no temptations or desires,
                                    just
                                    paper, lord,
                                    my paper doll,
                                    my paper doll jesus.
                            my God, how you could have loved
                                                                         
          someone.
                            my God, how you could have loved
                                                                          me.


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