I Know You Will Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

I know You will catch me whenever I fall

into the nets of Your delicate provision

whenever I envision

the world as it was before.

before when you were dreaming

of the colour green

of the canopies of trees and clouds.

before You said one word of leaves, aloud

when Light was a thing unseen.

and wished for, by the angels.

I will remember with You

the notebooks on birdsong

please

going back to those scenes:

Eden before the ruin.

looking for mushrooms

and the tiniest flowers

spellbound for hours

in the green shadows.

in the plum's purest stain.

the benison of rains;

Orion.

mary angela dougla 22 june 2019