YOU SHOULD KNOW

 

YOU SHOULD KNOW

You should know

I said to myself in a somewhat sleepless night

Even though you slumber not

And thoughts are fraught

Like false alarms

Somewhere the aurora borealis lives

And crickets sing themselves to sleep

Small animals burrow

The stars sing over the wide prairies

And in the morning

The skies will be filled with the colours

Of wild roses and iris.

mary angela douglas 15 march 2024