OH GIVE ME THE SUN BRIGHT WORDS (FINAL VERSION)

 

I will learn the brightest words

the words with the sun in them

the candlelit words from the Lord God

let twilight words be welcomed too

the words of reverie and dream

let the wolf bane words be banished

the words that snarl,

the words that hiss, be done with this.

I will catch the silver breadcrumbs unawares

up early before the birds, before all dawns

and strew the paths with them as if all

paths were May at the springtide

and sing sleep my child

awake my child no more

at the lion's door

for the children in flight

missing home

every poem of apple delight

torch bright and inextinguishable..

mary angela douglas ``14 november 2021;6 april 2023