Time At The Fairytale Threshold Cannot Pass

time at the fairytale threshold cannot pass:

let the lime tree flower endlessly by

the little door or suddenly turn to snow who knows

why distaff gold once spun

is spinning yet and twelve princesses

in rainbow raiment find 12 reasons

to be glad in their worn shoes

where it's always twilight dancing

that's not much further down your

dreaming mind and you will stand

in deep midwinter by the rosebuds

not knowing how you came;

forgetting to bloom in the snow

and breathe the haloes

round them, rosy-ringed

not feeling the cold at all.

oh inexplicable were the things you

ought to know; that they remain.

so holding the sea glass shimmer in your hand

half-waking in your room

these tokens of light sustain 

the music of the tune that

you were there

oh, you know you were

with your mystified heart

your umpteen reasons to be glad

that the waves would not depart

because you loved them

mary angela douglas 18 december 2013