would we give up all visions
just to see You
in the corner of our eye
the shade of green going by
a childhood shoal
why are people so afraid of You
I wonder and wonder again
who wouldn't want you for a Friend
if there was even the most remote
possibility
at least we know
we didn't make the world
nor did anyone we know
going back as far in history
as it is permitted us to go
no world makes itself
to taste the salt of your stars
would be a fine thing
to kneel in the heart
that thought of Spring
but oh.
most of all
to see you as you are
to banish doubt forever
anf the wayward way
and return to the garden
we left on such bad terms
in disarray
this time, going
straight through an open gate.
Lord God.
could this be learned;
would You wait?
would You wait?
,mary angela douglas 17 january 2018
