Wednesday, April 17, 2024

AS IF IT WERE A DOVE

 

AS IF IT WERE A DOVE

Clouds called my heart

As if it were a dove

Fluttering in the tree of my life

Do not depart my soul too early

I light the candle of the lantern moon

It sways through the ebony trees

And is crowned by this sunset alone

Of colours indisputably from the Renaissance

My heart is a dove

Captive on the earth

That croons over the dark waters

It flutters mothlike near the stars

In all my dreams configured

Where Icarus keeps falling from the skies

And there are no nets of light

To drain the seas for him,

Oh jade wave…

mary angela douglas 17 april 2024


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