I Am Going Up An Emerald Staircase

I am going up an emerald staircase

with an emerald mind

can't you hear

my pale (appropriate) green

footfall?

for I read under the shade

trees in summer

weaving this charming day

and I have built, extravagantly,

a way to keep on dreaming-

(even while seeming not to)

winding my watch of mist

past all disasters

going up an emerald staircase

into a realm of blue-

mary angela douglas 20 october 2007/rev. 7 february 2010