Soft drops compose on tempered glass
A score the morning choirs pass;
The maple roof hums slow and deep
A cradle for the minds that keep
Each bead refracts a waiting hue
Turns gray to something clear and new;
The storm performs its pure release
A sermon brief on yielding peace
I trace the rhythm heart to pane
Each pulse restores the inner vein;
For even tears when rightly heard
Translate the wound into a word
When clouds withdraw the edges gleam
The world resumes its lucid dream;
And through that glass of washed design—
I see all grief made crystalline