Exactly Where We Are

if only Your children didnt have to wade
through so much terminology
reading off the same script

any which weathervaned way they turn

because really all we want is to see You as you are
to be again in the garden against the vivid green
the blue sky changing itself into pearl

to see the spring speaking itself into roses
what do  we need with all these poses

what in the world can we understand of You
unless we hear you speaking only to our heart
in exact syllables

in the light and in the dark

we simply want to feel
it is you that wheels the stars
and knows exactly where we are.

mary angela douglas 8 march 2020