DIFFUSING LIGHT OF AERIAL GOLD

 

DIFFUSING LIGHT OF AERIAL GOLD

Diffusing light of aerial gold

A something azure in the wind

And my heart toward October tends

Where ochre and bright scarlet blend

Scarce maple shine incarnadines

Seeming so like valentines

As if the whole earth were a shrine

To unseen love, Divine.

Then later in the afternoon

God appears with a rubied spoon

And scoops out more for us

To view

As if he poured it through an amber sieve

The apricot glaze on everything

How most acutely to feel alive

When earnest studies must begin

Before the soul has wintered in

And time is melting oh my friend.

mary angela douglas 30 august 2024