Purple cloth

After Acts 16:6-15

I deal in purple

I deal in purple cloth

the purple of nobility

the purple of wealth

the purple of position

the purple for the people

who want these things

I sit with the women

talking, in prayer

the river flowing by us

like tears

the two men come and

sit, and then speak words

that turn tears to sobs

my heart opens like love

unlike any I have known

Photograph by Maliz Ong via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.