Cold Is Not Cold Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

where there is no backbiting

no poisoned arrow word

where there is no manipulation of manipulators

to prove that suffering is actually not suffering

that wounding is not wounding

that slander is not slander

that cold is not cold

that leading people to the edge

and pushing them over the edge

is not murder

there is where o Lord God I want to live

amid the flowers and the warm breezes.

under the lemon stars.

mary angela douglas 2 january 2023