ONCE IN A TINY BLUE MOON

 

ONCE IN A TINY BLUE MOON

Once in a tiny blue moon

May I remember to praise You

For dropping the silver gold moon

Like a cooling floating coin so fair

In so many phases, colours everywhere with

Even strawberry, cherry popping names

Into the darkness simply to reign

To coat in silver my shadow as I pass

on blades of grass weeping milk jade in my secret passages

Coming out of the waning winter earth

For ambient birdsong for the rush of wings

For flower scented winds that spring

Laden with lilac or lily oh rose!

For our refreshment

May I bow down at least on my birthday

With orchid sighs

For every tree that rises

Rooted in earth

Green guardians since my birth

And many before my time so leafed and richly

In their being lining the avenues of my feeling

And for the gift of sleep

Leading into dreams

Staircase by staircase

Away and gently from all I fear.

mary angela douglas 9 may 2024