I was in the desert and I
Thought I was alone.
Yes, the goddamned demons wailed,
But no one on the phone.
So, I put down the telephone
And started looking inward.
I heard, “That’s not a mortal wound!
You’re barely even injured!”
The voice I needed as I bled
Welled up from inside.
He spoke a second time, “I’m John.
I’m going to be your guide.
I’d like you to meet Mary.
You may remember her from youth.
She’s been asleep for 33-years,
But awakened now by truth.
And She will never steer you wrong,
Though Her guidance will be stern.
Just listen to Her always, Boy.
You still have much to learn.

And ever since that desert day,
My father’s tried to chase us.
For I married his lovely wife,
That day at the Oasis.