Cathedral
Streets come alive in neon pink at night
Sidewalks drink up rains remains
In alley ways in covered shadows
Tall buildings stand too close for comfort
The cracks between the swallowed light
Hold their sins together in a somber prayer
Concrete thoughts of heaven hang
Gothic dark with solid stones alone
Housed within the bones Cathedral ready
Are the ancient relics laughing at the masses?
Nancy changes into a candy man
Becomes a hooker hanging on a chandelier
She turns the corner down the alley wet
Tricks that follow her or he forget
This is holy ground so light a candle
Cigarettes are optional if you are you or them
Strangers on the avenue are cruel
But business girls will work proforma
Stiletto-ed prophets nearly apostolic
Out to make a profit on the steps of God
Tender revenues are offered up
Bought and sold in artificial light
Sometimes girls come up from gutters
Red lips, wide hips and chewing gum
Cherry bombs and smiles selling love
No one speaks in Latin when buying drugs
You can almost hear them whisper Jesus
Who lives within the shadows of the walls
Away inside the cathedral tabernacle safe
And He never misses mass on Sundays as a rule
Fractured light through stained glass windows falls
Colorful and pretty on the altered state of sin
Night could be equivalent or equal to the imperfections
If only dark were not so twisted from within
On the subject of bricks reflecting giant building faces
Tall structures call themselves cathedrals at a risk
High Rises come incorporated where sky's the limit
They must be citizens of heaven to afford those rents
Penthouses are too ridiculous to name by name
Between the cracks in pavements are the screams
Heard over tidal waves of dirty cab ride thunder
Rolling over stinking streets while people sing inside
They hold it all together to be blessed by God
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2020
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