Rainbows gilding her waist

inspired by the painting "Colors Unseen" by Sarah Guiffrida

(named from the poem that follows)

I found the Lord's presence

in colors unseen,

racing clouds across the sky,

on a chariot carried by

wings of the wind

I found the Lord's grace

wrapped like a dress,

brighter than the heavenly host

I feared the light,

but returned ashamed,

like a moth draws to the flame

I heard the Lord's voice carry

like birds of the air,

traveling the wind like the breeze itself,

hiding like the moon

I saw the work of the Lord

green like sage

Everlasting the light of day,

like smoke that trembles

from the mountains

I found the eye of the Lord

and prayed when it found

me, that my name

could be pronounced holy

I saw the heart of the Lord

hiding me like darkness,

igniting me like fire, and

holding wisdom in love's embrace

Rainbows gilding her waist

But the face of the Lord

I cannot tell,

from the leviathan of the sea,

or the shadows in me,

but I feel His hand

guiding me down the shaded narrow

For the Peace of God

rests in your branches

when the sun steals night

with the rise of day,

and your shade waters

the harvest planted

when thunder flees

the darkest sky.

(12/11/2007)