my islands pink and green
on a cherished childhood map
I yet envision you
whom they suspect of no vision at all
while staring at the walls that give way
in the middle of the day
there you are! pink and green as bonbons
in the box which one of you will be
the one I dream into being
the one of silvered fronds by moonlight
or my mimosa trees transplated from the front yard
always waving us goodbye on the way to school
my overgreown ferns with pink froth for blossoms
a lemon center always I loved you most in summer winds
and then as now.
alas, my princess cried
the time grows short
for mangoes presented on a silver tray
for dimly lit reasons why to stay or how
and I acede, it's time to go
where oceans drift with snow.
mary angela douglas 30 june 2018
on a cherished childhood map
I yet envision you
whom they suspect of no vision at all
while staring at the walls that give way
in the middle of the day
there you are! pink and green as bonbons
in the box which one of you will be
the one I dream into being
the one of silvered fronds by moonlight
or my mimosa trees transplated from the front yard
always waving us goodbye on the way to school
my overgreown ferns with pink froth for blossoms
a lemon center always I loved you most in summer winds
and then as now.
alas, my princess cried
the time grows short
for mangoes presented on a silver tray
for dimly lit reasons why to stay or how
and I acede, it's time to go
where oceans drift with snow.
mary angela douglas 30 june 2018
