Paul Hoecker-Nonne in the arcade (1897)
sister
Do you see the spark that goes by burning?
remains of the fire that I set. The cross
fall it must, you know exactly.
Listen to me! Set your faith on display!
Shivering you stand, the case having regard
pray to God to think that the creator use to you!
black veil wrapped your mind
snow in winter, the water never de-iced
How often do you lay tortured on his knees? Did you
waiting in vain, that he appeared to you?
The wind brings your legs tremble,
can even smell the doubts creep up inside you.
obedience, poverty, celibacy,
values of God and his cruelty.
masochist you were in the illusory game of love, the Bible
sadist, as it pleased you and the others.
Oh, listen to me, could continue to tell forever
will choose a life in which you'll be out of truth. Let
on foreign faith recognize the reality
not rob you let your mind, otherwise it is too late
The cross is burning, you're in the know.
That cross is in solitude.
© Christian Ziegler Something
