Castaways Of Words Fail Not

castaways of words fail not silver dipping each letter
cast in pearl fret not though multitudes indifferent
to the light win and win again

and grow their towers spiteing, spurning all others

what is won if not light
if not light then nothing, drift on
let nothing sail

we will endure, avail
though men make private playgrounds
just to hear themselves, their friends

brief pirates pirating

sound it all out
in the public glare
let us praise not, nowhere then, sans accolades

gold faded in the shade and fated not feted
least deserving

if we cannot in our wording, root branch and flower
into God.

mary angela douglas 20 june 2018