HOW ARE YOU IN YOUR LATEST WAR

 

 

HOW ARE YOU IN YOUR LATEST WAR

How are you in your latest war

Holding on to a distant shore

Grappling with the open space

Cleared out by the bombs.

How are you in the storms blown by

Lifting the ceiling to the sky

Where will you stand

When the earth gives way

Plant your roots on a diffident day

Reorient the rubbled way

Stand in the ash

with fantastic praise

to raise the roof beams high.

Think of this that you still exist

Wage your hope with an unclosed fist

Carry no scars for who did this

Look for the gold of the Son.

mary angela douglas 25 march 2024