my testimony....




she was empty, lost and lonely
she had long been thrown away
she had lost the will to struggle
and fight another day... 


so she went up to the carpenter
the one upon the hill...
with his hammers and his chisels
and his very special will


and she lay her life before him
so unworthy and unclean
and he began to carve the princess
like none has ever seen


in silence and in quiet
through windy nights and fearful storms
he chiselled on relentlessly
to bring about the form


the form that lay within the life
the one they tried to hide
the one the carpenter laid eyes on
the princess locked inside


upon that life of ugliness
he chiselled and he ground
the carpenter carved all through the night
and the little girl was found


and when they all came searching
for the one they threw away
they happened upon the princess
and the carpenter in their way


and when they tried to hurt her
and mock the carved one's trust
the carpenter took their judgements
and he ground them into dust


and he set her at the table
and he laid for her a feast
and he said, you are a princess
and not a worthless beast


and he bade them all - come closer
and have a look with me
at what you called unworthy
at what you didn't see


and i will show you beauty
that only i can see...




                       ... and then he turned and kissed the princess


                             ...he had hidden deep in me.