Blood Colors (For the Boat People)

Patterned
speckled
courtyard light
filters
through mint green leaves
and sable, tangled branches
within my weather-worn walls.
I am hidden
protected
as the violence of mankind
smashes lives
in glittering sunsets
of blood colors
sad
drawn
real souls
are washed into
the salty, sapphire
death dimension
and lives
stretch
into non-definition.