A Biblical Sonnet: To Rachel

BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 39 | Issue 3 Article 19 7-1-2000 A Biblical Sonnet: To Rachel Marilyn Nelson Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq Recommended Citation Nelson, Marilyn (2000) "A Biblical Sonnet: To Rachel," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 39 : Iss. 3 , Article 19. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol39/iss3/19 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact , . Nelson: A Biblical Sonnet: To Rachel A biblical sonnet to rachel and jacob served seven years for rachel and they seemed to him but hut a few days for the love he had to her genesis 2920 your voice ran lithe as lions through my blood my limbs would lift and liven with your gaze your eyes so deep spilled darkness like a flood such dark would soothe a thousand garish days each sun came up and each one was your smile and long and long the wheat fields waved like hair the wind was light and every pleasant while the thought of you would fill my chest like air you pulled so strong that even time was bent and curved beneath the power ofyour of your grace and all was end and endless where you went 1I marked the days by sunlight on your face so years were born and flashed like gold and died my heart could sing forever by your side marilyn nelson Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2000 1  (...truncated)