Peter Hammill
The Lie (Bernini's St. Theresa)
Genuflection, erection in churchSacristy cloth, moth-eaten shroudSecret silence, sacred secretsaccumulate dust, aggravate the eyeIncautious laughter after confessionBenediction, fictional fearHidden faces...Grace is a namelike Chastity, like Lucifer, like mineYou took me through the window staindrowned in image, incensechoir-refrain and slow ecstasyI'd embrace you if I only knew your nameThe silent corner haunts my shadow prayersIce-cold statue, rapture divineUnconscious eyes, the open mouthThe wound of loveThe lieYou took me, gave me reasons forsaints and missals, vigilsall the more holy martyrsI'd embrace you and walk throughthe one-way doorI'd embrace you, but it would bejust another lie
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