St Joan

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translucent alabaster, 

pallid angelic skin, 

eyes gently closed

as if in some holy reverie, 

her calm face tilted, 

supplicant to the sky

a passive beauty 

swathed in diaphanous, 

flowing robes cast into 

marbled rampant flames,

she ascends to glory joyous,

perfect, serene

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© GRS 8/24