Magnolia Tree in Lightning
18" x 24"
acrylic / canvas

Never in the temple
when God sang through the stones,
never hugged an iceberg
in a cold and empty sea,
never flew with ibis
as they skimmed the jungle's roof
and never wore the sword of truth
with my army brave behind.

But I have seen the spider
on his silken tapestry dance,
and I have seen a child of stone
gazing at the sky
and in the crashing blow of lightning
I have planted a magnolia tree.