Song Is A Ladder Of Diamonds

["like a diamond in the sky"-

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star"

(traditional children's nursery song)]

song is a ladder of diamonds

flung into space

we try to reach You on

every rung

and fail

song is a web of stars

we get lost in

a mist a drizzle of

music half-forgotten

when the prompting angels

fade from view

song is a difficult road

in a drenching rain on the way to work

and being on foot

with cars flying by

on either side, and people yelling

things out of the window at high speed

and still, ascending

song is a place remembered

we can almost reach

but not without You-

this is my diamond,

song.

mary angela douglas 18 november 2009