WINTER SUNSET

Light is the absence
Of darkness,
Darkness is the absence
Of light,
Via negativa
Opens our eyes
To see the bundle
Of colored pencils
God grasps each night
To color the sky
One last time
To fill our hearts
With awe
Before we begin
To illuminate
Our own dreams.

(poem prompted by photograph taken by
and used with kind permission of
Christine Valters Paintner
@ www.abbeyofthearts.com.
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