Perhaps You Will See And You Won't Know Why

perhaps you will see and you won't know why

Napoleon's horses in the clouds;

Beethoven weeping a lost quartet

pale, the bouquet meant

for the princess gone from view:

it was small white roses

tightly bunched

and silver ribbons.

her mother in a starry crown

looks down on earth.

she looks down on earth

when the Princess is sleeping.

the princess is sleeping;

is she dreaming her Christmas dream:

the one about the Great Ballets?

in her dream her mother is happy;

in the morning, they will meet again

mary angela douglas 16 december 2014