St-Denis

when God said

Let There Be Light!

it was not a shaft of white

that split

the murky blackness

but a gloriana rainbow

spilling out

cascading down

splashing the blackness

transforming void and

formlessness to

butterfly wings

rainforest orchids

peacock feathers

and he sang for joy

with his creation

in that first flush

of brilliant

tangible

prismatic

Light.