Scarlet streams

Caught by the wind

Tied tightly in faith

In hope

In promise

Blown but not broken

Oppressed but not forgotten

Scarlet

Hanging not in shame

In grace

Not in history

But in future

Scarlet stairway

Out of darkness

Into promise

Faith in the unknown

Yet somehow known

Scarlet

Hope in something so close

Scarlet

Washed clean

Washed pure

Washed into freedom