Vaulting

Gloucester Cathedral

vaulting,

looking up

at heaven road

load bearing

beauty

like veins

muscle bound

Atlases of stone

hold heaven

at bay

and now

in safety

the fallen stand

gazing up

in awe

attraction

(haikus)

St Mary de Lode, (Gloucester)

attraction within

draws the thorny attention

of beauty without

yellow incenses

delight the summer garden

the rose is praising

bees in petal pews

sing their honeyed worship song

busy in their work

the world passes by

in ignorant day dreaming

but prayers still rise

the church is not walls

wherein God dwells silent

but canvas in wait

 

riches of heaven

Gloucester Cathedral

in giddy bright enthronement

a vibrant heaven

sings its colours

when all is quiet

and the crown of salvation

is held above

meagre mortal

and colour is prayer

and colour is worship

and colour

is the richness

of heaven