The Sum Of What You Are

the voice you hear
from long ago
could be the voice
of all the snows
could be the light of all the stars
of all the feelings near or far
you felt just when
the world was new
until the sorrows
ransacked you
until the mornings cold and drear
deprived you of the voice you hear
at this late age of all the snows
of all the stars and meteor glows
of all the feelings near or far
you feel again
the door ajar
to take you from the sorrow here
that cut your heart from year to year
and lead you then through all the snows
away from all of hardship's blows
away from what you felt of fear
to One who loved you oh so dear
who made the snows who made the stars
who made the sum of what you are.

mary angela douglas 5 november 2019