God used a mirage to help us
through desert passages:
the cloud on fire;
the haze on the scrub cactus.
we were amazed.
but beyond amazement
when we reached green lands
and the ragged edge
of our souls, looking back
on the way we came
so suddenly, strangely, to know
from flame tip to flame
how illusory the clouds had been.
how the pillars,
like the requisite angels,
come and go.
mary angela douglas 22 may 2016
through desert passages:
the cloud on fire;
the haze on the scrub cactus.
we were amazed.
but beyond amazement
when we reached green lands
and the ragged edge
of our souls, looking back
on the way we came
so suddenly, strangely, to know
from flame tip to flame
how illusory the clouds had been.
how the pillars,
like the requisite angels,
come and go.
mary angela douglas 22 may 2016
