Boom Psalm

“Some people pray for peace.

I pray for ignition.

Let the quiet learn fear."

I like the smell when the wires get nervous

Neon veins under skin that’s worthless

Heartbeat ticking like a bad idea

Smile in the dark saying come here, come here

Fingertips itching, static in my teeth

Angels wear matches when they talk to me

I don’t want peace, I want thunder in bloom

I want that beautiful—BOOM!

Pressure in my ribs like a choir of drums

World on mute when the countdown hums

Light me up, let the bad thoughts zoom

Three… two… one…

I love the things that go BOOM!

Turn my bones into a red cartoon

Set my shadow dancing in the room

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!

I love the way the sky says my name

Little god in a gasoline rain

Halo made of beautiful doom

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!

Pocket full of sparks like stolen prayers

Laugh at the smoke climbing up the stairs

Mama said “boy, don’t play with flame”

But the flame said “baby, we’re the same”

Static choir in the back of my skull

Every bright thing makes the dark feel full

I don’t need crowns, I don’t need a throne

Just a loud heart and a match of my own

Pulse in my throat like a war drum choir

Bad ideas dressed in church-bell fire

Every little thought got teeth and a fuse

Tell me one good reason I should refuse

Knees on the edge of a neon tomb

Brain saying “don’t” but my hands say “boom”

Saints plug ears when the devil goes zoom

THREE—TWO—ONE—

I love the things that go BOOM!

Turn my sins into a bright cartoon

Paint my name on the face of the moon

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!

I love the way the doubt explodes

Break my cage with electric codes

Make a choir out of broken rooms

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!

LET IT BOOM!

LET IT BOOM!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

I was baptized in a short-fuse prayer

Learned my manners from a live-wire glare

Teacher said “son, you got something wrong”

Flame said “nah, he just sings my song”

Static angels on the back of my neck

Taking bets on what I’ll wreck next

Mirror says “boy, you’re a walking plume”

I wink back—BOOM!

If calm is a king in a velvet tomb

I’m the jester screaming BOOM!

“You don’t love the fire…

you love the moment before it answers.

The breath. The dare.

The yes.”

I DON’T WANT SAFE!

I DON’T WANT CLEAN!

I WANT THE SPACE!

BETWEEN!

THE DREAM!

AND—BOOM!

HEY! HEY!

MAKE THE SILENCE GO BOOM!

HEY! HEY!

TURN THE NIGHT TO A ROOM!

HEY! HEY!

HEART LIKE A SONIC TOMB!

HEY! HEY!

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!

I love the things that go BOOM!

Make my heartbeat split the room

Turn my scars into costume plumes

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!

I love the riot in my veins

Pretty chaos wearing chains

If I fall, I’ll fall in tune—

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!

"Even stars begin as noise...

... And I was born loud."