then we were waiting a long time
for the sun to become the moon
for silver to fall from the skies
so that it could be called "rain"
and I was standing still
near the honeysuckle vines
and could not tell you why
only something out of Time
was scented there.
how summer shaded into September
and it was the time for learning numbers
for the clock on the wall
and heavy Roman numerals
and I thought: is this all
not knowing that each letter
would become a door
and behind each door
another world
so that we spoke roses
into the air, slight ferns,
earth turning
and the code of the stars.
mary angela douglas 15 september 2017
for the sun to become the moon
for silver to fall from the skies
so that it could be called "rain"
and I was standing still
near the honeysuckle vines
and could not tell you why
only something out of Time
was scented there.
how summer shaded into September
and it was the time for learning numbers
for the clock on the wall
and heavy Roman numerals
and I thought: is this all
not knowing that each letter
would become a door
and behind each door
another world
so that we spoke roses
into the air, slight ferns,
earth turning
and the code of the stars.
mary angela douglas 15 september 2017
