Imagery
"'There were a lot of clouds,' his uncle said, and continued to look straight before him, 'but they were blowing fast, so there was a lot of sunshine too. Right when they began to lower your father into the ground, into his grave, a cloud came over and there was a shadow just like iron, and a perfectly magnificent butterfly settled on the--coffin, just rested there, right over the breast, and stayed there, just barely making his wings breathe, like a heart.'
Andrew stopped and for the first time looked at Rufus. His eyes were desperate. 'He stayed there all the way down, Rufus," he said. 'He never stirred, except just to move his wings that way, until it grated against the bottom like a--rowboat. And just when it did the sun came out just dazzling bright and he flew up out of that--hole in the ground, straight up into the sky, so high I couldn't even see him any more.'" James Agee, A Death in the Family
Will my soul ever soar up into the dazzling sunlight?
Andrew stopped and for the first time looked at Rufus. His eyes were desperate. 'He stayed there all the way down, Rufus," he said. 'He never stirred, except just to move his wings that way, until it grated against the bottom like a--rowboat. And just when it did the sun came out just dazzling bright and he flew up out of that--hole in the ground, straight up into the sky, so high I couldn't even see him any more.'" James Agee, A Death in the Family
Will my soul ever soar up into the dazzling sunlight?