Jerrybaldy
09-15-2010, 05:48 PM
Voices are hushed behind black curtains,
Forgivesness sought by the barely sinned,
absolution required for now, please.
Worn out rosary in the pocket with the cigarettes.
Hallowed hall with day visitors scattered on pews,
out of the rain, taking comfort in the cold,
asking that they be relieved of debt and worry
or that Jimmy should have just two months more.
Pool of special water dabbled with the troubles
of hopeful calloused fingers.
Five star luxury in the cloths
that hoards of gold afford.
Daylight may only enter through
suffering faces in lead lined stained glass,
allowing candles of remembrance,
a gloom in which to shine.
Backstage in the vestry
the altar boy loses his catapult,
his football team, his cheeky smile
his innocent love of Ann in class three.
His gown removed by the shaking hands
of the collared man, above his own sin
who loves just the one,
but lusts the hushed with depravity.
Forgivesness sought by the barely sinned,
absolution required for now, please.
Worn out rosary in the pocket with the cigarettes.
Hallowed hall with day visitors scattered on pews,
out of the rain, taking comfort in the cold,
asking that they be relieved of debt and worry
or that Jimmy should have just two months more.
Pool of special water dabbled with the troubles
of hopeful calloused fingers.
Five star luxury in the cloths
that hoards of gold afford.
Daylight may only enter through
suffering faces in lead lined stained glass,
allowing candles of remembrance,
a gloom in which to shine.
Backstage in the vestry
the altar boy loses his catapult,
his football team, his cheeky smile
his innocent love of Ann in class three.
His gown removed by the shaking hands
of the collared man, above his own sin
who loves just the one,
but lusts the hushed with depravity.