Your Soul To Repast

In reference to nothing In search of itself The truth burns in fury An iceberg to melt The legions are many Believers so few The stragglers all freezing Alone in the pew The mirror the liar Death hiding within The priest the deceiver And threatens with sin But the truth needs a champion And sits on no throne Lying above and beyond What's self-righteously known And it calls to you silent As it calls to you loud Do you hide in the shadows Or answer back proud That thing that you reference From your prison within And those things done in deference Ride the wisp of the wind And you lie as you bargain You cheat and defame With the truth now your jailer And calling your name You gave at the altar You gave as you knew You gave what you’d stolen From those poorer than you Your history now tarnished Your legacy shot A soul black and burnished From all you have not But truth has no time limit No ticket to claim One choice will release it Life starting again Your mortal life’s finite You now must act fast Will you ask for redemption Your soul to repast (Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)