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Susan Constable Lozenges of Light Through panes of coloured glass, sunlight throws soft hues of blue and yellow on long, dark pews where mourners sit, wait shoulder to shoulder like blackbirds on a fence. Music, slower than a heartbeat, pulls wife and family to the altar. They pause before a portrait, place pastel rosebuds in a vase, watch teardrops slide down thin white candles. The widow weeps. Lanky children fidget, whisper. An old man dries his eyes with tissues passed over his shoulder, while sunlight throws soft hues of blue through pain and coloured glass. ©2005 by Susan Constable Susan Constable lives on the west coast of Canada, where she has time to enjoy the ocean at her doorstep. Her poems have been published in several print magazines, including Tower Poetry, Quills, and Island Writers, as well as online, most recently in Poems Niederngasse and Lily. "Stained Glass" painting by Peter Kabello

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