Evergreen

all Christmases were the same they sighed
but I was in the music box turning
when the snows came and I can say otherwise

of the candy caned entranced
and the holly berry dance
in white chiffon with little

silver stars
remember who you are
my Grandmother said

so softly when you
are cold despite
the cherry quilted carcoat

and cannot follow your

snow blurred footprints home
oh I will carry the Star,
this evergreen moment

light years on
i sang in a tinseled song
but she was gone

though I left the candlelit
memory on at any cost,
the windows coated

thickly, still, with the caroling stars

mary angela douglas 29 september 2017