WINDOWS

Windows

Dedicated to A and A (May 2013)

The glass between my world and yours often too hot to touch.
Inferno of pain twisting knots below the cool surface.
Too close to the abyss too many times:
Treading lose stones
Gazing into the depth with longing
Reaching to caress the rising heat.
And yet-
Always the resistant retreat.
Leaving me breathless and exhausted.
Leaving you with both regrets and new strength.
Helpless I watched as neither falls of rain
Nor chemical foam extinguished the eruption
of your dance on the volcano.
Seductive and repellant
Your dance with death.
Your dance with life.
And then one day the window transformed.
An angel sent to your darkness
A change in light revealed the jewel glare: 
Sun kissing stained glass.
And from the pyre 
A phoenix rising
As you smile into your daughter’s wise eyes. 
Your fingers touch hers.
And she guides you into the sunrise of hope.