Through the stained glass window
Swirling shapes and colors bright
I glimpse things I'll never know
As disproportioned curling light

Melted crayons
Scribbled words
Opinions
Different worlds

All in the stained glass window

But this is not the only one
The church is full of them
The harrowed views have just begun
In the world of men

Sparkling glass
Deceiving light
The sun has passed
And left the night

So lies the stained glass window

Every glimpse is closer still
The riddle's color's breached
I can't reach the window sill
Too far beyond my reach

Understanding
This I pray
Enclosing
Too far away

Clouds the stained glass window

I realize now what's happening
The glass, once clear, now stained
Falls around me, shattering
All the wisdom gained

Clear glass shone
Now clouded gloom
And all alone
The light ends soon

So breaks the stained glass window
So stands the riddle solved
Gazing up from down below
My tears fall unresolved