And then I saw

Her shine

 

A small

Child

 

Peering behind

Adultuated eyes

 

Emerald spheres 

A Mandala of Flecked

onyx spear tips

Circumnavigating those charcoal

Irises of God

 

What happened? 

I asked....

 

She told me lengthy stories 

Her life stories

 

Of piercing pain

Of Clenched marble

Upon iron jaws

 

Of fantastic fright

That caused deep 

Rivulets 

Of doubt

To form in her 

Experienced

Landscape Lenses

 

Of long and short love

Broken 

Fractured 

Awaiting repair

From The Glass-Maker

 

Of missing mom

And denying dad

 

Of her struggling search 

for meaning....

For God

 

Innocent child

Behind Adultuated

Amber onyx emerald 

Eyes

 

Rimmed brows 

Bows strung to sing

Songs yet born

 

I love you

As I love 

myself

 

I love you

As you are loved 

By God