Deep,deep,deep is my shame
  So red, so full, so bright
  So clearly reflected
  On the dear faces of those
  Nearest me

  Down, down, down is my gaze
  My eyes are cast upon the floor
  To that hard stony surface
  That shows me more mercy
  Than you

  Hot, hot, burning hot is my face
  My blood boils within my veins
  Nothing on earth
  Could cool the burning hell I alone
  Have created

  Dumb, dumb, dumb as an ox
  My shame has made me silent
  My lips are stilled
  And my tongue is nailed to the roof
  Of my mouth

  Stone, stone, stone I have become
  Frozen, rooted, and held fast
  My own limbs rail
  Against me and quietly
  Make their mutiny plain

  Deep, deep, deep is my shame
  So red, so full, so bright
  So clearly reflected
  On the dear faces of those
  Nearest me

  © RH Summers 2007