Antigone, it is not my war
to carry anyone's ashes.
breaching the farthest shore the
heart can reach-
bending all laws that would
bend me:
over the earth I will not cry
for what is lost with one breath more than
you have shown:
in the grave of the world,
still living,
we carry the green
branch in us
beyond immemorial codes-
mary angela douglas 23 june 1999
