Both Sad and Calm

On the back of a post card I quoted from The Queen of the Damned:

“The morning would come and he
would be sad but calm.”

Both sad and calm cathedral beauties are.

The picture on the card of Salisbury glows

With stillness. It was taken from the far

End from the altar, but a boredom grows

While contemplating it. The arches glide

Away to smallness and the gold-like light

That fills the choir stalls makes the altar slide

Away in loneliness. The crossing height

Is stained with gilding tones and yet these too

Retreat away in distance and are felt

More than perceived with eyes. The purply blue

Of stained glass windows seems to mist and melt.

..Esthetics lacking hair go quickly pale.

….I wanted worship lacking any veil.