Confused, Tangled With Starlight Poem by Mary Angela Douglas
Confused, Tangled With Starlight
CONFUSED, TANGLED WITH STARLIGHT
{to Jesus, the Light of the World]
did the dark illumine the corners where you were
confused, tangled with starlight
no longer sure of its demesne
how could it remain the same
in the presence of true Light
perhaps the Magi wondered
in their flight from Herod
warned in dream.
it takes centuries to gleam
what else did Rembrandt mean by mingling
dark with light so that it seemed
alchemical, all of it, gold
waiting to be born.gold petticoat showing through
the funereal.
Light shines the scripture says
in darkness
darkness does not understand
why suddenly
it is embroidered with marigolds
and the children are singing it hymns.
mary angela douglas 20 june 2019
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5/7/2024 12:58:44 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Your description of darkness and golden light mingled is transporting. For a moment I imagined myself before a subterranean vein of ore, or a Rembrandt painting. Darkness of the via negative