Told It is on the second day they tell you
What was wrong.
So you can understand
Why it wasn't real.
Your family surrounds you
And you can't help but think
Of the faces around you the day before,
The day when God stopped talking.
The doctors come in
And start talking
Filling the silence
He left behind.
They don't quite look at you
When they say the words
That will haunt you forever
Even more than God.
And so you learn
Of blood and bacteria
And so much else
You never wanted to know.
You look at Kevin and Mom and Dad
And realize
That you've walked this path before
Only now it's you walking, alone
You hope they won't bring up Him,
Forget the God you thought you saw,
But this time you only hope
This time, you don't pray.
But sleeping dogs never lie
And so they ask
About what you've been seeing
These past eight months.
Everyone stares, waiting
Waiting for an answer
You don't want to give
The one Adam didn't believe
So you lie
And say you saw people
People who weren't God.
People who weren't real.
They try to explain
Why you saw what was never there
But you stop listening
And remember when you listened to Him.
Then you think of what you didn't see
In the midst of the missions and puzzles
The tick that bit you
The tick that made you see God.
You thought you spoke with Heaven
And was chosen by Him
So you did all the tasks
While the tick put your body through hell.