Cleansing Sins

Everyone has
a secret from childhood

she dreams
of being washed clean
in the blood of a lamb
divine spirit
caressing her shame

blood coloured water
in a crimson night
strokes her skin
to shades of amaranth

aura flickers around her
white
blue
lilac

Licking ribs
and rocks
tainting water
to waxen pink
as it melts in rivers

but blood cannot cleanse
dreams dissolve
shame remains

by Rae Pater
(c)2002

Painting: : Sarah glovin by Don Hackman

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