Carry Water Up An Unseen Stair Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

carry water up an unseen stair

you alone replenish the garden

o my angel, in your Juliet cap

or sit beside the small hearth in the castle

until you drowse for centuries

being mentioned isn't everything

it's being in a Dream that lasts

that counts, accounts

for Everything seedpearled

oh little girl

Be Spring in your stain glassed corner

all by yourself, rose window shade,

the lilac well of Time.

mary angela douglas 21 november 2022