the marble lady
Part 1 – The Garden
Rainbow sunshine beams Through the leaves Of bushes and trees A child of dreams It is all he sees The coloured fish and frogs Under the flowers in the pond And the beautiful marble lady That never speaks Behind the garden walls Sounds of the great beyond Where children weep themselves to sleep
Part 2 – The Paper Room
Through the window see, The cherry tree blossoms Casting petals in the wind Inside the paper room The sounds of strings The holy father sweetly dies Behind the screens And the accordion sings Of a love that is lost And yet.. born again No prayers, no sign of the cross The marble lady weeps by the train The guitar has fallen into tune My words to you are all the same Like the snow- capped mountain And the flaming moon Life knows not of any name
Part 3 – Broken Glass
The marble lady takes my hand And leads me through narrow streets The shining stones of the holy land
There is nothing but gold and sorrow Maybe only the dust remains There is no today only tomorrow
The straw has frozen into stone The shining star is broken glass The empty past is cold and gone
He who walks alone in the chill of night From the shadows hears a whispered lie Deep in sleep recalls the days of light
Across the wasteland, robes and gowns The spirit left long, long ago The candles bleed on faceless clowns
Copyright (c) Pere Vergès Coma 2021.
Artwork by the author.
