How You Must Have Felt (To Sharon Douglas, My Sister) Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

HOW YOU MUST HAVE FELT(TO SHARON MY SISTER)

how you must have felt

when the raids came through

and no one there to comfort you

in the war zone too.

how you must have felt

at the break of day

when the sky could only

turn to grey

and no one there

to hear you say

alas my heart

has gone away

has gone away.

to a place where flowers, hills

remain

and there's nothing left to be explained

just a firefly startled into star

and a wish for you

though from afar

a wish for you-

though from afar.

mary angela douglas 24 october 2019