Saturday, January 18, 2020

Who Moved The Sun

is terrror the drifting of beauty
beauty that cannot remain is it the
shepherds on the plain

blinded by the blazing in the skies
illuminated by angels
or the Magi before the Child

the star appearing within them now

everywhere else, it is Winter for a long Time.

or we are children walking across the plains
of our backyard in our new overshoes
so that the snow has become the imprint

our imprint upon it
so that the snow is no longer itself
or your shadow grows on the sidewalk

leafy as summers

you dont even know enough to say
who moved the sun
who moved the day out of the way

now it is night
and the jeweled tree darkens
the jeweled tree of the sky

you are asleep.
but you dont know why.

mary angela douglas 18 january 2020

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