the leaf and the shadow of the leaf in agreement
the white birches made more silver in moonlight
the snow more dazzling at dawn
the violets I came upon in a dream prolonged
the footprints smoothed over so that there is only snow
there is only purity of intent in the petals falling over the earth
and the Rood of jeweled light rising
and the swan of music endlessly in flight
the story with its happy ending
the Rose that Eternity invents
and the lullaby
where we drift on a green seam in a wooden boat
and only know in the waves lapping against the boat
that just keeps floating on
that God is love is love is love.
mary angela douglas 29 january 2021
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