Shine

here in the shade of aprils past
I weave the ladder of what is left
of the green and the pale green

wandering through flowered fields
and the star flowered skies overhead.
it is the long dead poets I read

and what they said

the best that lets me understand that I am younger, then,
than the dark green, the cooler shadows
of April, the winds through the window

chiming the wind chimes.
am I out of time, softly I ask the fairy tales
but, they still-golden,

Shine

mary angela douglas 14 may 2016