Listen to my silent lamentation
When life bends me down
Like the back of a lute
That no longer can play
The hymns of hope
Hear my empty prayers
When my vertebrae wave
Like the beads of a rosary
Remind me in vain
Of words I cannot utter
Let my mute battle-cry sound
When I fold my hands
Like braided fists
Ready to fight
For what I never can imagine
~
Supplement: Romans 8:26
Listen to my silent lamentation
When life bends me down
Like the back of a lute
That no longer can play
The hymns of hope
Hear my empty prayers
When my vertebrae wave
Like the beads of a rosary
Remind me in vain
Of words I cannot utter
Let my mute battle-cry sound
When I fold my hands
Like braided fists
Ready to fight
For what I never can imagine
~
Supplement: Romans 8:26