St. Exupery, Over The Waters of Time

the rose on paper
did St. Exupery dream
never sheds its peach disguise

floating off into the snowy distances
before my eyes
did he see sunspots

thinking they were diamonds
and in delerium cry
I have found the diamond land

veering suddenly
the rose on paper
have I got it right

just the way the petals fall
suddenly their short rose flight
to the ground

ah rose rose without a sound
Im over the snowy waters
the islands underground

below the level of the accustomed sea
will coral roses weep for me
rose, on the deliberate page live on

deliberately.

mary angela douglas 9 july 2018