Singing Without The Music They Passed On

singing without the music they passed on

battered by words who used words kindly

long nights without the stars

bounced on the pavements of the sun

and shattered, needlessly

prayers without hands

 

music out of the chamber locked and locked again

singing the song for the song beyond reach

beseeching no one and for breakfasts,

eating the brambles and the indifference

as though it were honey and dunned= and dunned=

and dunned-

mary angela douglas 6 july 2013