Beneath the weight of velvet night, I kneel Where whispered oaths and shadowed vows congeal A gilded cage swings open, vast and deep And silence blooms where lesser angels weep Where constellations once in splendor burned Now hollow galaxies in silence turned We drink the darkness from a silver cup Where every falling star is swallowed up Come trace the map of sorrows on my skin Where every ending knows where to begin The tightening of silk, the sharpened sigh A liturgy of wounds against the sky Where constellations once in splendor burned Now hollow galaxies in silence turned We drink the darkness from a silver cup Where every falling star is swallowed up The moon hangs heavy, tethered by a thread And all the words of mercy go unsaid I kneel in shadows, elegant and still A monument to ecstasy and will Where constellations once in splendor burned Now hollow galaxies in silence turned We drink the darkness from a silver cup Where every falling star is swallowed up Where constellations once in splendor burned Now hollow galaxies in silence turned We drink the darkness from a silver cup And all of heaven watches, ruined, hushed
