Seeing all that has gone before,
And what little is yet to come,
I haven’t chosen my colors,
Not from the cathedral’s dim dome,
Or the canvas named by its frame,
(I can’t choose even my own brain),
Because I cannot see what’s seen.
I can’t distinguish grass from green
Or a male cardinal from red.
I look but find it hard to read.
I’m forced to think in images,
Most dancing on flattened stages.
I’ve not much time to choose my hues,
Thinking blood is less red than blue.
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