<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365262" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Christ hangs upon an iron cross.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Christ hangs upon an iron cross.<br>Rose thorns pierce his temple<br>As Our Mother Universal stands <br>Carved in solemn mourning.<br>Plated in polished brass<br>She holds her hands outwards from her form.<br>Below Christ lay in soft decay, <br>All around his people pray<br>Wishing away the days in anticipation<br>Of a heaven promised to them by a dream ideal.<br>Still as a testament to man the Cathedral stands<br>Un-piercing but resting gently upon the skyline.<br>His form dissolves untouched.<br>Fainted frescos reveal an aging Christ, <br>Beside angels all around.<br>As we stood, silent, staring at the relics <br>Of a fallen age. The Saint lay beneath.<br>Beyond he seal of the tomb.<br>Buried beside the head of a king.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Outside the walls of this asylum sanctuary<br>A confusion of French girls spin the dream entwined.<br>Tapestries of indecipherable tongues leave me blind<br>Un-knowing of anything but the tones of the chords<br>They play upon their lips. Swaying their hips in the <br>Most feminine of manners – breathing glamour moves<br>Slow and graceful at its own pace – Holding true a throne of honesty.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lacey">David Lacey</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365262" data-title="Christ hangs upon an iron cross. de David Lacey" data-description="Christ hangs upon an iron cross. Rose thorns pierce his temple As Our Mother Universal stands Carved in solemn mourning. Plated in polished brass She holds her hands outwards from her form. Below Christ lay in soft decay, All around his people p..."></div> </div> </div>

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