to Hans Christian Andersen
she's on her winter planet
under a fleece of stars
but I'm in a blizzard of moonlight
wondering where you are
and why it hurts to breathe here
when flowers of frost appear
and why I have this feeling
at the turning of the year.
too far to measure the distance
that floats between star and star
to undertake the journey
where the earth is diamond hard.
though holly grows under the window
that shines in sapphire blue
and all I can remember
is a little crystal shoe.
that she's on her winter planet
under a fleece of stars
and no one's left to tell me
what the riddles are.
mary angela douglas 13 october 2018
she's on her winter planet
under a fleece of stars
but I'm in a blizzard of moonlight
wondering where you are
and why it hurts to breathe here
when flowers of frost appear
and why I have this feeling
at the turning of the year.
too far to measure the distance
that floats between star and star
to undertake the journey
where the earth is diamond hard.
though holly grows under the window
that shines in sapphire blue
and all I can remember
is a little crystal shoe.
that she's on her winter planet
under a fleece of stars
and no one's left to tell me
what the riddles are.
mary angela douglas 13 october 2018
