Fallen Grace

There is a place in hell for you

for each minute suffered, for each day survived

paradise lost to heavens and hells

have we emerged as that fallen grace?

as adam who casts the first stone

as eve who is first raped

sister rise up to take your place

shatter our hearts - rearrange us as one

so I may know beauty as well as hate

sister rise up to take your place

...and she writhes in tear-stained sheets

through fevered nightmares and whispered screams

gifts of filth from a heaven divine

revealer of secrets and bringer of lies

as silently death is companion

through each breath of death she takes

hers is an anguish he can never know or understand

under the shelter of his heaven we dance

and await the violations his angels bring

in this world that is hell

sister rise up to take your place

shatter our hearts - rearrange us as one

so I may know beauty as well as hate

sister rise up to take your place

shatter our hearts and rearrange us as one

have we emerged as that fallen grace?

for she who is lost

for she who is shamed

for she who the world looks black

wonder not whose heaven crushes you

when sin and slavery is all that is offered you