Passover's Open Shutters

Marc Chagall 

Sarah opens shutters,
pulls back the heavy
curtains,
she sweeps
the dust from old books.
Porcelain birds nest on her mantle.
She breaks up old spider webs.
"Grandma" Sarah Pearl
opens her
home  

to the crisp, spring day

red blossoms

white legs

welcomes 

Elijah in to share
with her family's
Passover.