THIS SMALL ISLAND OF PRAISE

 

THIS SMALL ISLAND OF PRAISE

This small island of praise

I offer to You through the waves

Through the green gold oscillation

Of its inland seas

For every least harbour

You have ever given me

Through strange afflictions

Where your quiet Mercy shone

So that I did not feel alone

So that I felt intensely

The cloudless comfort You would bring

Past all the white singeing of pain.

mary angela douglas 26 march 2024