far away is never again
said a little child
to the evening wind
and the blue wind cried
and we saw the garden
where rose petals died
but there was still perfume
from every side
what did we know of dying
when the moon came
still the same
and candy cane Decembers
the rick rack kitchen shelf paper
the same neighbors.
how many worlds can vanish in one
but then by then
we'd only begun
and ours was the moon and the stars and the sun
and you yourself know how the bell is rung
every time at the school room door
the honeyed shadows across the floor
though the schoolroom itself
isn't there anymore
mary angela douglas 7 february 2018
said a little child
to the evening wind
and the blue wind cried
and we saw the garden
where rose petals died
but there was still perfume
from every side
what did we know of dying
when the moon came
still the same
and candy cane Decembers
the rick rack kitchen shelf paper
the same neighbors.
how many worlds can vanish in one
but then by then
we'd only begun
and ours was the moon and the stars and the sun
and you yourself know how the bell is rung
every time at the school room door
the honeyed shadows across the floor
though the schoolroom itself
isn't there anymore
mary angela douglas 7 february 2018
