MAYTIME

 

pale blue ribbons and the May Queen crowned

Mary beyond all care, crowned with pink rosebuds and

the shadows of lilies that keep the shade;

the shadows of lilies

and graduation's near

perhaps;not yet

the last one permitted us.

without regret I may name the myriad flowers

I will see the beauty of starlight

undiminished not cannibalized

by those who would monetize it all

by those who refuse all innocence and gladness

but welcome with pomposity the era of lies;

the myth of leadership.

I see still in the vivid colors of

the maypoles and the dancing,

the children's sunrise

still illuminating our minds

all the may colours heralding the

schools, silent and dusky all summer.

and we stand under the flowering boughs

knowing Forever

will always be this way

despite all the lies;

the cult of sinecures

beauty is otherwise; always sustaining.

this emblematic May

always to me, this way.

mary angela douglas 3 may 2023