There Before Me, A Sacred Cloud

                    "There Before Me, A Sacred Cloud"


The stoplight promised
a few moments of my time
idling,
         anxiously waiting,
which seemed so unkind
before pushing forward
in my hectic pace
         and continuing toward
                   demanding errands,
                             as if in a race.

In one magical instant,
         I was all alone
finding myself very still and distant,
         all other thoughts had gone.

There before me
on this early morning stage
with effervescent curtain
         henna-hued,
suddenly there appeared electricity
         sparkling ice-blue.

A spiritual vision
reigning high
above the eastern horizon,
an opening in the cotton-sky.
Golden ribbons and crystal rays
         penetrated one porcelain-white cloud.
This bejeweled wonder was like a chandelier
         of hot silver and gleaming gold sprays
                   from heaven's translucent waterfall
                             cascading
                                        so very near.

Creator, donned in pristine gold
         with crown of silver lace,
out of the heavens from a cloud
         He gifted me His loving hope
and eternal grace.