Even Your Shadows Shine Oh God Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

even your shadows shine oh God
whenever we're waiting for the train
or something else, or in the rain

your shadows shine. and then I think
is the Divine really impossible for us
if you could be that near

when the weather isn't clear or
so many other things to me.
and I have sung alone there

waiting for the bus to come
at odd times of the day
and I know you hear me singing

but I'd want to anyway
you made even the shadows
so beautiful

the shadows of trees falling
across the pavements.

mary angela douglas 1 april 2016