The Blackened Web Melts Back

A Hole for Heaven’s Light
by Susan E. Ward

A blackened web
A close-knit shroud
Encompasses the Earth
Of many words
Ideas of men
Enwoven tight and thick.
Though Heaven’s light
Does brightly burn
Still Earth in shadow lies.

A life laid down
A seed to die
Is planted in the crust
To grow on high
And burrow through
The shroud both tight and thick.
As leaves unfold
In warmth and light
The blackened web melts back.