LOVELY THE HOUR WHERE SILENCE REIGNS

 

 

LOVELY THE HOUR WHERE SILENCE REIGNS

Lovely the hour where silence reigns

Over the valley and over the plain

Even the shadows hold curious light

Birds in their slumber still dreaming of flight

There in the hallowed wood

Where I once played

Memories of pines and the deep summer shade

Cheer me and douse me with cool summer rain

Dripping from leaves that are fragrant again.

Why should I fret through the noise of today

When easily I can step back away

Child of the woods and the quartz bright play

Charmed and beguiled

by the joy of late May.

Secretly secretly

Sweet hidden power

To rush in deep memory

Through earliest flowers.

mary angela douglas 23 march 2024