Rising From Death (2007)

rising from death
2007
Chagall

corporeal incarnation
insubstantial incantation
silver threads of my existence
trailing gossamer strands

rising from darkness
rising from death
drenched in a suffering light

comprehension of foreboding
sinners all, so blindly writhing
behind me the goddess of death
crowned with spikes of regret

rising from darkness
rising from death
drenched in a suffering light

light so perfect, so perfectly blinding
falling down to earth below, green fire
light, so hollow, so empty of meaning
redeem that heavenly glow, aspire

rising from darkness
rising from death
drenched in a suffering light
rising from darkness
rising from death
drenched in a suffering light

relentless ages ever circling
brutish memories unfolding
all my life chained from redemption
please suffer this requiem

for the multitudes astounding
spirits lost in daily moil
weave the lace of life
rekindle soul from soil