forgive me if it is a crime
that I have seen the world through a thousand
garnet filters, or of amethyst
through the mists of reading fairy tales down to their golden dregs
and have not so much believed
words to the contrary coming from the papers
but I believe in the world as it was intended
from the first poem striking the angels ears of God's own
pearl couched declaration of
Let There Be Light
and I cannot conceive or dream of any better way to live
than to keep those colours fresh, renewed
no matter what the world can do
as it is reported to be.
Hail mysteries of the better sort
let history take a short walk on the pier of seeming doom
I know the Alpha and Omega is always in the room
even when there are no witnesses
especially down to the final execution without sentencing
the immortal world the world beyond time still gleams, will gleam
will come again.
mary angela douglas 25 january 2023
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