LIGHTLY THE LIGHT YEARS STAND IN BLOOM

 

LIGHTLY THE LIGHT YEARS STAND IN BLOOM

For Rainer Maria Rilke

Lightly the light years stand in bloom

Funneling beauty from a distant loom

Candlewicks quenched and yet they shine

Through so many ages and also in mine

And in my mind on a lissome sky

In argent heraldry,  fleece they lie

as clouds still visible yet invisible 

where the jeweled soul slumbers

And so shall I

All through the night by angels bedight.

 

Oh, lullaby winds from the tree boughs sigh

As they did once from our backyard pines

And hushed is this restive heart of mine

And I am lulled beyond all time

And I am lulled beyond all time.

mary angela douglas 31 july 2024