Saturday, April 08, 2023

SUCH THINGS HAS HE GATHERED TO DEFEND US

 

the benediction of snows

the winter rose

no sudden showers of candy

courtesy of the dictators

the messages of stars

long past the time they are,

that they are said to exist

the secretly cherished cosine

the same in all languages

and yet, so different

that He abides with us

in the tremors of clouds

the secret Name said aloud

by infants in their language

the bright words on the page

from another age

that fly into the heart as if in a blizzard of wonders

and yet,cheerily warm

the soul.

the soul itself

that exists beyond the messaging of its light years

past all our vagrant tears

Spring itself

returning

in the Resurrection.

and fragrance on the wind,

nothing lost again.

the most beatific vision:

the friend of all Friends arisen.

mary angela douglas 8 april 2023


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