we'll make thimbleberry jam
and sing to sleep under a juniper moon
those who came too early
those who left too soon
weaving from prairie grasses
the cradle for their return
the ships to traverse
the seashell silence of mermaids
binding with a rainbow thread
the great wound of the skies
over us
until the deep snow flies
covering the red clover.
mary angela douglas 17 february 2018
and sing to sleep under a juniper moon
those who came too early
those who left too soon
weaving from prairie grasses
the cradle for their return
the ships to traverse
the seashell silence of mermaids
binding with a rainbow thread
the great wound of the skies
over us
until the deep snow flies
covering the red clover.
mary angela douglas 17 february 2018
