The Rood

 After the rain,
 in its after scent,
 the edges of all life
 are translucent,
  
 and I thought –
 what if 
 everything
 can disappear – 
  
 and still, in this sky
 there is more blue
 than even I
 could reconsider
  
 and what the green retains
 glows beyond itself,
 seeks expression 
 in the Eternal eye.
  
 © Nina Audino 
 1993