Peters denial

Peters denial

He said I come with open arms
And I pray you heed my word
But we all just stood, to gawk and stare
And thought it all absurd

And I heard him cry a mournful cry
As the tears fell down his face
And I heard him scream and beg and plead
The sincerity of his case

And there I did bare witness
Though it shames me to admit
For I was one, like all the rest
To play my chosen bit

To turn an ear both deaf and dumb
Though no one dared to speak
We held our tongue, and at least for some
With a tear upon our cheek

And I saw again the sadness
From the look up in his eyes
As all those now around him
Bade his words were naught but lies

And I bowed my head in silence
As not to look his way again
And this now I do tell you
Is the cause of all my sin