Vision by Elizabeth Bartlett

EYE center of the universe
Whose pupil is the world
Teach us to see the light
Embracing night

Between the sunset and the dawn
To see the unicorn
Within that crystal ball
Of pure recall

Where time is an iris mirror
A pointillated blur
Of image and of form
Caught in its storm

With every moment held inside
The frame of canvas mind
Forever captive, stilled,
Motion fulfilled

Where memory and dream evoke
The future like a window
Made of stained glass, one cast
From the fractured past

As retina and perspective
For our darkness, the bridge
Connecting what has been
With things foreseen

Through your bright lens, illuminate
The galaxy that waits
Invisible as trust
In stars and dust