MARY

You stand by the cross
by the serpent of sin
Alma, the Messiah's virgin
and your sovereign kin
near the Roman soldiers
playing the dice
He was paying the price
for an offering robe for a King,
with God's government
on your son's shoulders
the sword still pierces you
in every part of the globe
to every long suffering
Gentile and Jew
in your eternal sacrifice.