Friday, October 20, 2023

LOST SAINTS WANDERED THROUGH FORESTS OF MIRACLE (ADDENDUM TO THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS LEGENDS) FINAL VERSION

 

lost saints wandered through forests of miracle

treading the light but never crushing it;

famished, making the music shine:

alone.


how are you far from home

when you carry Him with you

lost saints wondering wondered

and they did not err.


and they are shot with gold

in all the illuminations

and they are jewel like in their speaking

without recriminations

if they should speak:

visionary, acute in wind and wave


ah but how will they save

how will small animals defend themselves 

when they are gone

when the bluebird blue no longer

hangs onto


the hidden flowers,

before the approaching heel and

with none to gather them.


mary angela douglas 11 december 2013;20 october 2023


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