God’s
rays, through windows, in colored shadows stain
her
skin, a prism of paint descends on dismal sky,
red
hair, pale light cascading around her pain.
Under
church canopy, sheltered from the rain,
verdant
vines enlace her arms, birds fly in bluest dye,
God’s
rays, through windows, in colored shadows stain.
Across
her skin, mermaids smile, flowers bloom in vain,
and
beneath the canvas, a faintly heard cry,
red
hair, pale light cascading around her pain.
The
color of His stain, a kaleidoscope to her vein,
surfaces
to beguile butterflies perched nigh,
God’s
rays, through windows, in colored shadows stain.
As
a curtain of light or the scent of amber He reigns,
lulls
her with rainbows from panes of glass up high,
red
hair, pale light cascading around her pain.
Here
the light is wan, but here she can remain
captured
in a dance of brilliant light and dye,
God’s
rays, through windows, in colored shadows stain,
red
hair, pale light cascading around her pain.
first published in Old Red Kimono. Carrollton: University of West Georgia Department of Publications and Printing, Spring 2015. Vol. XLIV. Print.
