Friday, May 05, 2023

AFFIRMATION

 

I lift my aching head again

and wonder what's the world I'm in

why goodness should assaulted be

and in the name of liberty

I gather up what's left to mend

broke in two by charlatans

and how the former dream to heal

the former dream and all that's real

is my undimmed preoccupation

by God, enlightened, in utter darkness now

I see the victors over nothing smile

still flames the night with infinite candelabra

when second sight is given

and I see all in floods of light

and not the heart that's riven.

go your ways like ghosts uncomprehending

I will believe

in Happy Endings.

mary angela douglas 5 may 2023

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