a far away feeling on your birthday
and suddenly you are transported
from the pink table
goodbye you sing softly
to alarm no one
to the cake with pure rosettes
to the presents glistening
something called to you then
perhaps the ghost of who
you would become
some years from now
with no pink table left
not even a streamer
but the memory of how
when you were ten
and the party set to begin
the party favors at each place
suddenly a feeling came to you
swept over you
like a forgotten kingdom, beautiful,
coming due.
mary angela douglas 29 july 2017
and suddenly you are transported
from the pink table
goodbye you sing softly
to alarm no one
to the cake with pure rosettes
to the presents glistening
something called to you then
perhaps the ghost of who
you would become
some years from now
with no pink table left
not even a streamer
but the memory of how
when you were ten
and the party set to begin
the party favors at each place
suddenly a feeling came to you
swept over you
like a forgotten kingdom, beautiful,
coming due.
mary angela douglas 29 july 2017
