<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530626" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Leadlights</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the arch of a church window—<br>Silver stained with diamond panes—<br>The fractures piece together: <br>Paper thin, painted, and patterned<br>To illuminate the interior<br>With the intensely pale shade<br>Of transparency.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dead-white and chalky, <br>The alabaster skin of glass—<br>With marble-like opalescence<br>And superficial iridescence—<br>Shimmers on the surface, <br>Reflecting its viewer's vision<br>With each ripple<br>Of the light's gleaming glare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bent, twisted marrow of steel, <br>The skeletal curve providing stability<br>To the etched imagery<br>Engraved in the glass<br>Frames the fragments, <br>Shapes the shards<br>In a patterned unison.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530626" data-title="Leadlights de Tim Stensloff" data-description="In the arch of a church window— Silver stained with diamond panes— The fractures piece together: Paper thin, painted, and patterned To illuminate the interior With the intensely pale shade Of transparency. Dead-white and chalky, The alabast..."></div> </div> </div>

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