Fixative on White Watercolor
Your hope is like a cloud—in a picture.
While firmer than a cloud, your hope is bright
And, yes, is fixed forever. Your stricture
Keeps hope in place. A watercolor white
Is painted on white paper—to make sure
The cloud is white. Your faith is used to brush
Your white on white. That white must stay as pure
As any cloud has ever been. A flush
As blue as Mary’s mantle might be placed
Beside the cloud that fills that whitest space
But white is held as white. It is Mary chaste.
All this becomes your portion due to grace.
..Your hope is like a picture cloud that’s framed.
….Your hope is more a desperate hope proclaimed.