[for Sharon,my sister, a million years from today]
and to my mother-
I send you off, my sister
whenever your Time may be
in the little pitch tarred boat
knowing that Love will find you
among the rushes
and gather you in
despite this criminal world of sin,
distress, and unexpected largesse.
and I pray toward that day
you may sail with the winds of Music
at your back and lack for no bright song.
and those who thought wrong of me,
who thought I did not, could not care
we will leave aside and not address anywhere
at all on the day you are dressed
in your magnificence and more beribboned
and petticoat flounced than in the birthday years
you ever aspired to be
may you alight
bringing eagerly in your hands
the silver music that you loved on earth
you will know then, will never disappear,
as dowery for your rebirth
in the Heavenly spheres.
mary angela douglas 10 may 2016
and to my mother-
I send you off, my sister
whenever your Time may be
in the little pitch tarred boat
knowing that Love will find you
among the rushes
and gather you in
despite this criminal world of sin,
distress, and unexpected largesse.
and I pray toward that day
you may sail with the winds of Music
at your back and lack for no bright song.
and those who thought wrong of me,
who thought I did not, could not care
we will leave aside and not address anywhere
at all on the day you are dressed
in your magnificence and more beribboned
and petticoat flounced than in the birthday years
you ever aspired to be
may you alight
bringing eagerly in your hands
the silver music that you loved on earth
you will know then, will never disappear,
as dowery for your rebirth
in the Heavenly spheres.
mary angela douglas 10 may 2016
