Chalice

Holy Water

Chalice


Crown my head with roses dead 
Cover me with sorrow 
Pale, my face, as death's embrace 
Draped in veils of mourning 

Fragrant seas of memories 
Aching bittersweet 
Paint the night in oceans of white 
And clothe the sky with tears 

Holy water, salt-kissed skin 
Holy water, streaks the porcelain 
Holy water, silver stain 
Holy water, soul's acid rain 

Empty eyes enshadowed with lies 
He wears his skin like a shroud 
Paper thin and hollow within 
Lifeless though he lives 

Pearls of sadness softly fall 
In this graveyard still and silent all 
Hope and love lie cold and dead 
Holy water christens my black head