through the glass

each to his own glass
window.
whether cracked
across, never fixed,
fissured,
or spider veined,
or those stained
in ornate colors.
the glass where the bird's
beak hit,
or rock.
the window that never opens.
casement, or wooden,
a lock
on each,
the rounded attic
port, the crank rusted,
the panes thick
like bottles, or thinned
to a wafer.
each to his own way of seeing
the world,
rose colored, or through
the glass
darkly.