Rose Window

Rose Window

Here, right here,
I will let the light glitter for you
blue, and violet, and red.
I will set the air on fire for you,
I will give you a place
to pause.

Here, I will show you light
and air already there,
how the emptiness
can turn luminous.

All of this is for you.
When you stop to look up
at the rose window I have made you,
it is where I stood to admire
what we have been making together,
you in your century,
me in mine.