Eli, Eli

Eli, eli, lama sabachthani Why have you left me? The sky won't answer The stars won't weep Even the wind Holds its breath While I break I called you with every lash With every thorn With every nail Driven deep Into the silence You gave me Were you not there In Gethsemane? In the womb? In the storm? In the fire? Why not now? My bones are counted My blood is poured My breath is glass And still no word If this is love Then let it be The kind that breaks For those who flee Eli, eli, lama sabachthani Even if you've turned your face Still I trust Your shadow covers me