The Upstairs Grotto

my mothers bedroom
is full of statures of
angels & pictures of
virgins from Israel,

the mother of heaven
gazes downwards
from starry wallpaper
and family photos',

each frame a time trapped
our summers glass-housed
empty scent bottles holding
sweet vapours sealed inside
the memory and chemistry
glimpsed by sepia eyes,

my mothers bedroom
is full of statures of
angels & pictures of
virgins from Israel.


John G.Hall(C)2004