Ballad for Sophia

You were forged,
a chalice for TRUTH
I knew you then forgot,
enshrouded in YOUTH
You erred and then fell,
created a BEAST
You loved him, and he
took light from your BREAST
He made us a world
on which we could TOIL
He raised up and razed
and brought us to SPOIL
Pandora was here,
your bright little GIRL
Then Mary was born
a soft, precious PEARL
A PLAGUE HAS BEEN CAST
UPON ALL OF MANKIND
TO WORK ALL OUR DAYS
AND WALK THE EARTH BLIND
but now i can see you
the fairest, SOPHIA!
the bearer of truth
the wisest, SOPHIA!
please guide me along
the sweetest, SOPHIA!
and hide me from harm
the strongest, SOPHIA!
please let me feel home
oh, holy SOPHIA!
don't leave me alone
oh, loving SOPHIA!