Rib of the Chapel

Author: Stephen W. Cote

From the first celestial vision

Through the corridors and causeways of time

Beyond the common corner crucifixion

Of someone drowning their dreams in wine

The very staples of our prayers are fulfilled

Everytime the hunger of need is quelled

In the broken down church where our golden dreams are beautiful

Behind these panelled walls aches the rib of the chapel

Hands linked and mend into a circle

Old foes relinquish hate to the wind

Everyone vows to work until

Their kind can compose a worthy message to send

Life-blood pulses within the walls

In a place where the inanimate bares knowledge of the apple

And now when the prayers are not answered with a saintly call

They break down and crack the rib of the chapel