THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO

such a beautiful opalescence touched the sky

and I was listening to Debussy and trying not to cry

that the beauty mirrored in the sky

the beauty in the music too

were living in a world apart

from the things we have to do

we have to do.

such a beautiful opalescence touched the trees

they sounded like aeolian harps when the wind breathed

but I was crying in the wind that there is no use to pretend

that the beauty mirrored in the trees

and in the breezes too

werent living in a world apart

from the things we have to do

we have to do

such a beautiful opalescence touched the day

and now its dusk and everything's going  away

and I say my prayers like a long lost orphan stray

and weep again at the thing that I must say

that the beauty mirrored all around

could be leaving earth without a sound

and it's so true

we were  living in a world apart

from the things we had to do

we had to do.

mary angela douglas 2 february 2023