I Used To Write Poems To You For The Constellations

I used to write poems to You for the constellations

and speak to You through the Psalms in shades of blue and green

and thank you profusely for making the skies turn cranberry

in drear and drizzling January.

I have lost count of all the things that have made my heart glad.

And certainly I know I am not your only child.

such as I am I thank you Lord God for every breath.

for all the sunsets I have left.

and for the myriad things so numerous, winged and lovely

(the music I have heard)

I cannot put them into words.

mary angela douglas 2 january 2020