I SAID IN A VOICE THAT WAS BEYOND MY OWN

the lilies had overflowed their banks in my dream

and they were all of yellow gold

and I said in a voice that was beyond my own

there was never before but once

an Easter like this

and I stood for awhile and wondered at the river of lilies

and what it meant and the scent of them

vanquished all the dark glooms that had pervaded 

the poets in the past and I cannot say even so

to you in words how everything was lifted into the Light

I mean, everything.

mary angela douglas 6 february 2023