Stained Glass

Stained glass corpses of color
Transparencies of souls
Caught on somber stages
Cast in eternal roles

Prismatic lead framed oracles
Frozen at their tasks
Silhouettes of entities
Woven into masks

Eyes of silent spirits
Caught adrift in years
Pressed in one dimension
Chained in arc-ed spheres

If their voices now could ring
Of a choral note
Sure it would be shrill enough
To shatter all our hope
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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De Beaulieu Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 3:16 PM
Hello Jane VanDoe, so nice to meet you. I have a stain glass wheel on my window. I treasure it. i love the way the sunshine makes the colors brighter. Enjoy your day my friend.
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October 21, 2020 at 4:01 PM
Hello Jane Van Doe, I just stopped by to read this poem again. Enjoy your evening my friend.
Vandoe Avatar
June 11, 2020 at 9:46 PM
This one was inspired by the Church windows... as a child I was certain the Saints were watching me... LOL... I hope they are... thank you and God bless you... JVD
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