Somewhere There Is

somewhere there is a place love wont betray
where day turned into night will not hold sway
where what is promised cannot turn aside

where truth and kindness both do long abide.
somewhere there is

where speech does not entice
the heart to wrong
where song is for its own sake sung

and not a con
where if we dream we cannot be deceived
and if we cry we will not that long grieve

somewhere there is.
where gold for life can never be exchanged
where there is balm for each and every pain

where mercy, mercy only, reigns.
and my heart is a bird with wings
flown farther, farther than disdain.

mary angela douglas 29 march 2020