This Way

it's getting more tangled every day
the light in the trees
so that the green leaves say

it's complicated, to the winds.
but we go on sparkling
we wanted it to be that way

when we started out
and the silvery forest beckoned.
then we were reckoning by the stars

for every step that took us far
and wondering 
how many steps to go

or will the snows cover our tracks
don't look back the Magi say
but I go back there every day

in dreams that are vivid
as if the photograph was taken
only yesterday

and I know that time is not what we thought
and more than can be thought
and I am glad it is this way.

mary angela douglas 3 december 2017