Thank you, Jesus, for inventing purple,

in the sky 

and up 

from the earth --- 

Rayleigh scatterings; 

enigmatic lilac 

rollers, martins, 

violet 

starlings, 

hummingbirds; 

morning 

glories, salvia, 

delphinium --- 

and on 

You/me --- 

injury, 

birth, 

beyond 

the gra(y)ve 

of stones ...