Have you ever seen it freeze in a desert?
Cover cactus pines with ice?
It feels just like my pain
A perfect, painted portrait of darkness
Have you ever seen a tornado pull down a house?
Leaving nothing except tears to a family?
It feels just like my life
A divine, detailed deliverance of loss
Have you ever seen lightning shatter a tree?
A place of air and green demolished?
It feels just like my heart
A mutual, mingling massacre of revolution
Have you ever seen the sun rise in the east?
Unhook the fabric of time?
It feels just like my brain
A breaking, battling body of corruption
Have you ever seen it storm when it snows?
Upset the balance of the sky?
It feels just like my soul
A darkened, desolate door of isolation
Have you ever seen a knife sever flesh?
Penetrate that critical vein?
It feels just like my being
A torn and tattered territory of suicide