Stained Glass

Unbidden hope drowns the despair
My foot steps onto hallowed ground
Pristine white chapel beckons me in
I enter the building quiet with reverence
Slipping through trailing my sin

Stained glass windows of almandite passion
A crimson carpet of blood greets my eyes
Softly walking feeling the burning hatred
Behind hidden doors where your heart lies
Lives given wings to flee their demise

Fathomless pools of darkness loom near
I smell your heart fluttering gently
A flash of remembered pain as I glimpse a face
Pictured in a window of delicate glass
Revealing your soul in this sacred place

Burning incense of flimsy faith
Soft words murmured filling the air
Tiredly bowing under the burden of guilt
From life I have taken more of your share
Under your guiding hands I was left to fare

Blooming fragrance permeates the room
Crystalline serenity caught in a broken shard
A stained glass window bleeds from a break
Fragmented by a brilliance of intense waves
Coalesced form condenses a glittering mistake

Poisoned thoughts have taken flight
Urging my steps to falter in pride
A broken stain in silent white house
From the world in this building do I hide
Learning that to it all have I lied

Stretching on a garnet tongue leads
Doors open baring your secrets in life
Hallowed grounds never kept me sane
Flickers of an image burn brightly inside
Window of almandite glass stain

Drowning hope with all the lies
Quiet time of reminiscent desire
Doors laid bare for scrutiny of hope
Where slowly my heart fills with ire
And passion of hatred is your fire

Window panes of glass spare your face
A dark shroud leaves a stain on the white
Corrupted influences quiet this time
And I fall to my knees before the altar
Hoping that now I can soon be fine

Your face flashes in a ruby window
I feel the pain and darkness of your heart
Hidden in this pristine chapel once perfect
From inside you lives unsaid emotions to chart
Inside your chapel I find it's my turn to be ripped apart