Coming Down On The

coming down on the

side of the angels

is not as easy as it looks

in Christmas movies

when Your kingdom on

the tip of our tongue

dissolves like snow

or like something we

walked into a room to retrieve

and then forgot

I reach but I cannot touch

I feel but I cannot say

a splendor flaring up

momentarily-drowned out by idiocy

getting on the wrong bus

I look for you in vain

going past stops I can't recognize

I stand in the rain for hours

finding no Samaritans

either good

or bad-

mary angela douglas 19 february 2008