When I Stood In The Emerald Rain

when I stood in the emerald rain

all these things came back to me

with no translator.

make the fairytale your own-

you said to me, or meant to say-

whenever you want to be absolved

from old distress and the knot in your stomach

this far from home.

whenever I stand in the emerald rain

these are the words I say to myself

when no one else is listening

but the last bird singing in the jeweled rain.

mary angela douglas 11 february 2010