Black and...

WHITE

Holy Rosary
Chapel
Early morning bright

Knelt before
The Tabernacle
Veiled in silky white

Then I sat
Before the cross
Clasping Rosary tight

Prayed before the crucifix
Alabaster
White

Altar with the
Angel statues
Keeping Him in sight

On either side
They kneel, adore
In purity of white

Spread upon
The altar
A linen woven quite

Hoping maybe
Just this once
A tinge to stain its white

Then I stand
As priest walks in
The Blessed Mother’s knight

On his back
A golden cross
Stamped on vestment white

The yellow flame
Atop the wax
Twinkle just so slight

Looking like
A sparkling crown
Above the candles white

And through the clear
Window panes
A ray from sunny light

The outside tries
To enter in
Through glass that’s framed in white

Outside there’s
A stony wall
Projecting all its might

Would like to march
Before our Lord
But guards in its dress white

Then the whites
Begin to quiver
Paled by shadowy Ghost

A bell, held breath
A silent shiver –
Whites blaze ‘fore Blood-Flesh Host!