love friendship poem

somewhere i read a strange, old, rusty tale
from floor to ceiling
a sky that has never known sun, moon or stars
never in all my life
of sun nor stars
over the rooftops race the shadows of clouds
she has a clear, wind-sheltered loveliness
the snow whispers about me
out of the deep and the dark
i saw god. do you doubt it?
one by one, like leaves from a tree
i burn no incense
the meadow was creeping