Tainted glass

Staff Note: This is quite a lovely piece.

deludedwanderlust:

Painted portraits and tainted windows—

dreams peer through vintage glass that is
lined with pictures of Mary and baby Jesus.

                                                                              But a story lies in
                                                                           the cracks and seams
                                                                         that once split and burst
                                                                   apart; a little girl’s hands mended 
                                                                      that very glass. It carries the
                                                                        imprint of her finger tips ;
                                                                         the subtle vapour of her
                                                                           foggy breath which is
                                                                             still crystallized on
                                                                              the same o’ glass

that was recently wiped spotless
of centuries of dust particles that
left after reluctant hours of relentless scrubbing. 

                                            But I can still see the girl’s hazel
                                              eyes wide and distorted, still
                                               caught in the shadows of
                                                past, still caught in that
                                                  rusty ol’ glass;a look
                                                  of resigned seclusion 
                                                and acceptance come to 
                                             pass behind the high planes of
                                         her cheeks and behind the downward 
                                      curve of her smile. She looks on, trying to 
                                  find out who she was, but if only were there any 
                               answers in glass painted windows, we’d all willingly go
 
                                                       to Sunday mass. 

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    Staff Note: This is quite a lovely piece.