Our lady of pain, our lady of mirrors,
our lady of sorrow, our lady of fears,
our lady of marrow, our lady of bone,
our lady of heroes, our lady of stone:
dark are your ways, dark is the night,
dark because we have shut out the light.
Helpless and harmful, we wander astray.
Dark is your skin, lady, blessed are your ways.
Our lady of peace, our lady of prayer,
our lady so fierce and our lady so fair,
our lady of laughter, our lady of joy,
our lady of all we have tried to destroy:
dark are your ways, dark is this earth,
dark was the blood on the ground of the birth.
Our lady of labors, our lady of breath,
pray for us now and at the time of our death.
Our lady of leaves, our lady of rain,
our lady of all that we cannot explain,
our lady of water, star of the sea,
our lady of time and of eternity:
dark is the ocean, dark are your eyes,
dark is the earth and dark are the skies.
Darkness enfolds us like a mother’s arms.
Mother, O mother, O keep us from harm.
Keep us from harm.