Picnics In Eternity

we were so happy with the lemon drop sun
with the pink cakes in cartoon picnics
on red checked cloths

and the light green lace of april trees
I dont see how Eternity 
could not have these as well

as angel choirs. there sinking in mud
in the rain soaked lanes
and the scent of the flowers all our own

would feel like home;like home, prolonged

and the flowers would never die there.
the blossoms would only get brighter.
we would wait for the stars

but not the Sunset.

mary angela douglas 6 august 2019