The Gallows

When the blind man describes
the dying sun
as it is swallowed by great peaks,
meet me beneath the gallows,
the gallows,
the gallows.

When the deaf man sings
a wondrous song,
as the bells chime lightly,
find me beneath the gallows,
the gallows,
the gallows.

When the crippled man walks
across deserts
with not the slightest falter,
seek me beneath the gallows,
the gallows,
the gallows.

When the soldier returns
from hell
where he had smothered the beast,
find me beneath the gallows,
the gallows,
the gallows.

And when you forgive me,
for all I have wrought,
and for all I have betrayed,
watch me die beneath the gallows,
the gallows,
the gallows.