Amethysts

My God, my God, it’s all gone black
My God, my God, i can’t go back

“abomination”, they shriek and wail when i walk by
If not with their mouths, still with their eyes
As though i have subverted nature, as though i were not made this way
An image - corrupted? - but aren’t we all?
Are we not called to glory all the same?
Am i not called “just as i am”?

I am an amethyst in a world of sapphires and rubies
I am a mystery to the ones who thought they knew me
I am a heretic to the pure and pious body
I am an amethyst
But we all have the same flaws

Blood on their hands, hatred in their hearts, with no sense of shame
Twisted dogma, judgment justified, corruption of a name
Distant and bitter, i cannot pretend i am one of them anymore
Let the curse relent, heaven’s recompense

I am an amethyst in a world of sapphires and rubies
I am a heretic to the pure and pious body
I am a mystery to the ones who thought they knew me
I am an amethyst
But we all reflect the same light
We all have the same flaws
But we all reflect the same light