internal differences were charted
epiphanies of the winding stair
the ghost that looks clear through you
when the winter trees are bare
the prospects of the novel
on the day you're left at home
the summer branch rescinded
and the ice cream cone
and you're boarding at the harbor
the ship of the Unknown
and casting off forever
from the local port's zone
in indigo waters
o sons and daughters caught
in imagination's breeze
as it kicks up
or lost, deliciously
from flowering lea to lea
in an untoward destiny
time after jeweled time
released from magic:
drenched in the fairy tale chimes.
mary angela douglas 7 september 2017
epiphanies of the winding stair
the ghost that looks clear through you
when the winter trees are bare
the prospects of the novel
on the day you're left at home
the summer branch rescinded
and the ice cream cone
and you're boarding at the harbor
the ship of the Unknown
and casting off forever
from the local port's zone
in indigo waters
o sons and daughters caught
in imagination's breeze
as it kicks up
or lost, deliciously
from flowering lea to lea
in an untoward destiny
time after jeweled time
released from magic:
drenched in the fairy tale chimes.
mary angela douglas 7 september 2017
