SUNG TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER ON A DAY I WAS HAPPY AGAIN

You sent me a Zodiac from the stars

Bright lemon and mauve from the moon

You sent me a bouquet of winds from the North

And the chill of the gold afternoons

Red gold presents you gave to me

In the melting of the sun

Rains perfumed like Araby

In tales of the Kingdom come

Violets in bunches down by the spring

Flashes of blue where the lightning stings

Hints of carmine, and saffron and green

and all that I can do

is sing it right back to You.

mary angela douglas 31 march 2024

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