writing ourselves into the story
how could we know by lamplight then
that we would disappear
in the greening of our years
or that it would seem like that
at the tip of a ghostly hat, the first one
that we were learning to disappear
the best magic trick of all
in the flowering of our tears
or to carry on
in the disappearing of the song
choosing what was right
not what was wrong
the best versions ever
in learning to say never never
will we live any other way
than when we came, we thought,
to stay.
mary angela douglas 27 february 2019
how could we know by lamplight then
that we would disappear
in the greening of our years
or that it would seem like that
at the tip of a ghostly hat, the first one
that we were learning to disappear
the best magic trick of all
in the flowering of our tears
or to carry on
in the disappearing of the song
choosing what was right
not what was wrong
the best versions ever
in learning to say never never
will we live any other way
than when we came, we thought,
to stay.
mary angela douglas 27 february 2019
