MUSIC SO OFTEN THE RESEVOIR OF GOD

 

MUSIC SO OFTEN THE RESEVOIR OF GOD

Music so often

The reservoir of God

When the shadows have crept in

Music, hearts ease

Balm of myrrh

And all disease

What mystery is this

Banish not the beautiful sounds

From our hearing

Oh law exacting world with pursed lips 

You will not

Music overflows

The banks of what can be supposed

Is life, our life, the sos from the soul

Answered, and beauty poured out

Without stint, without argument

Overflowing the banks of sheer misery;

Flooding the sorrows.

mary angela douglas 7 june 2024