Silver earrings

Judas stands near you and me
he strokes my hair and moves aside
Jesus thought he'd make us free
to take the whole world in our stride

then he went and with the wind he sank
down into his own eternity
 
         silver earrings
         and dainty things
         something like a shiny speck
         in the shadow of a neck

no one taught us well and right
how to shed our pearly tears
that fall and feed the tree of life
to rid ourselves of shame and fear

we hide inside our frozen dreams
our pride encompasses the whole wide sky

          refr.

1976.