Dome

I glimpse heaven

as I gaze at the painted pocket,

a canopy between sky and treasure.

A perfect circle

encloses a multicoloured masterpiece,

a morsel of the artist's dreamscape.

Your light shines through

and touches the gilding

around this hollow space,

igniting the window frames,

illuminating the angles,

bathing carved marble.

I touch your hand,

mirroring the angels above us,

as divine whispers

fill the silence.

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