“Did I not tell you that if you believe
you will see the glory of God?”(Gospel)
Russian Easter
Gold onion domes
rise
above the snow in
Kiev
above the leafless
trees
the gold
and in dark
woods
the silver wolf
watches
and in the brush
blanketed
with snow the
rabbit chews
roots
and in the church icons
glow in candle light
and opening lilies
scent
the air and
near
the icon of
the Mother
holding the Child whose
shoe
unloosed running
from
fear
the priest whispers
to
the penitent
that
sins are seeds
from
which flowers
may grow
but only after
they
are buried
in Christ
our earth
whose wounds
after
the Resurrection
did
not disappear
but shone
more
than rubies
on a stole
or flowers
in snow
gold onion domes
rise
above the snow in
Kiev
under the leafless
trees
the snow
can look lemon
yellow
lavender blue and
rose