We Will Be Sailing On The Good Night Ship Again Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

we will be sailing on the good night ship again
all sails billowing in an opalescent wind
the moon winks gold the stars show jubilee
snow drifts like petals upon an emerald sea
who knows but that the last lullaby may resemble the first
except we won't be rowing back to earth
we could do worse than to imagine it so
that the last sleep is like a flower sleep
in errant lovely april hushed
when the cup of the heart
fills up with snow
and then it's surely time to go
when we will Christmas croon Jesu it's you we adore
and hear our mamas calling us to pearl bright shores.
mary angela douglas 18 august 2022