New Beginnings
New Beginnings
Now rising from a silhouette stronghold stands in its shadow, a servant’s heart
Enters tenacious consecrated emptiness as hope ponders distant pipes
When black crust lichen invades – enslaves - the mason’s ancient framework
Bits of falling pebbles facelift rough cheeks pitted by mortar’s mortal tears
Even as granite blocks shudder in grieving poverty of unsettled gloom
Grabs at careless jaundice of moss and age against the scribed ascent of ancient angels -
In corniced images of corn and elephants restored – tree of life woven in stone fabric
Navigates new christened knights and chisels to Nativity and an empty tomb
Noble dream to beatify anointed prophecies in crypts of holy mysteries and legend
Intrigue of time - visions of a hallowed grail lost as eyes still search for holy treasure
Now, living citadel, new beginning with no end, soaring sandstone above sanctified crypts
Gospel message retold in vaulted arches and in rainbows of alabaster illumination -
Strong walls like Templar arms guard breathing stone, a new grail, synonym for the redeemed.
Dedicated to the restoration, the new life, of Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland.
2-1-21
Contest: New Beginnings
Sponsor: John Hamilton
Copyright © Sam Kauffman | Year Posted 2021
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