Tuesday, June 11, 2024

WE LIVED IN A BLIZZARD OF ANGELS (REVISED)

  

WE LIVED IN A BLIZZARD OF ANGELS

We lived in a blizzard of angels

All winter long

Thinking we were on our own

Suspecting nothing


Finding the oranges on sale

And simple bread with honey

It was all miracle and tea at dawn


Clouds massing over the seven coloured seas

Visited us in dreams

peacock scarlet or emerald or many splendored

In a resonance closer to music

Than music itself ever was


Cloud weather alone

Revealed to us Heaven and breathing

Tree music greening the wilderness

Hidden from view


We lived in a blizzard of angels


God knows how many derelict bridges we crossed

Stepping into the vacant air.

Our hearts suspended over Chaos


Lit like the clouds by impossible Grace

held in place just floating there


in the wisteria twilights

Beautiful beyond Being.

mary angela douglas 19 may 2024;11 june 2024


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