how will you get by in the world
I said looking back at
myself as a little girl
people already are not always
that reassuring
helping you with whatever
you're enduring
God endures.
my Grandmother said.
beyond the grass and flowers
beyond uncertain hours
God endures.
but how will you manage
when they are gone
all the dear ones
you depended on
oh God endures.
comes back to you
when you're not sure
the voices you heard then
when you thought you were settled in
though mountains fall into the sea
quoted my Grandmother most sincerely
caring for me, my sister, too
yet will I not fear.
mary angela douglas 20 november 2022
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