Maria's Cup

Lyrics

She rises with the daylight pours silence in her cup The world begins its breathing and memory wakes her up The dust still knows her footsteps the walls still hum her prayer - She whispers to the morning “My love, are you still there?”

Maria’s cup - a vessel, she holds me in her heart Maria’s cup - a promise, each day a place to start She sings within the hymn, a love without a coda And dare I try to walk her path and dream of Maricopa

She knelt beside the cypress the tombstone and the flame She wept for what was taken and rose to speak His name The water turned to witness the salt became her sign - She carried every secret in the cup of the divine

Maria’s cup - a vessel, she holds me in her heart Maria’s cup - a promise, each day a place to start She sings within the hymn, a love without a coda And dare I try to walk her path and dream of Maricopa

The desert holds her shadow her story, bleached and wide The wind repeats her promise where rivers long have died And somewhere past the sunrise where sound and silence blend Maria’s cup is waiting - for every soul to mend

Maria’s cup - a vessel, she holds me in her heart Maria’s cup - a promise, each day a place to start She sings within the hymn, a love without a coda And dare I try to walk her path and dream of Maricopa

Dream of Maricopa Dream of Maricopa