ONCE WE SAILED ON THE SEA LANES OF BEAUTY

 

ONCE WE SAILED ON THE SEA LANES OF BEAUTY

Once we sailed on the sea lanes of beauty

On the moss green waters

In the little swan boats

And lost ourselves in the mirrored kingdoms

Where twins to the clouds were somehow afloat

How often in the intervening time

I have wished those sea lanes mine

Still to wander, far from all rhyme

Seeking the mermaid ladders down and silver edged

To the foam of hidden starlight,

and dreaming the bright pavilions.

mary angela douglas 21 july 2024