Transfiguration

Early in the darkening dawn,
shadows weighting their sight,
waiting for the sun to rise on
the Light of the World,
blind their vision with
magnesium-bulb brightness,
harmonic resonance of lightning
arcing between earth and heaven.

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About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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