"Beyond Lightning"

Beyond lightning -

Have I not lips to kiss
And a heart to love
With eyes to see
Weeping away
Soul's sorrow,

Struck by lightning
A red-toothed dare
To wake the night
My sweet sad sin
The devils delight.

A broken heart
I cannot hear
Heavens call
God in mercy
Why not me,

Wearied now
A sense of guilt
Fierce the pain
A poppy seed
Too old to try.

White lilies
For a grave
The wreath
My pillow
In the mist,

The breeze
So cold
In a cave
The stone
Rolled away -

A vision in white
His hands to hold
Alive to rise again
Beyond lighting
Christ my Savior.

"You are my child
From the garden
Saved from sin
Your devil burning
Struck by lightning."