From The Place Of Exile To The Pearl Ear Of God Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

why did the golden place flee into our dreams and lodge there

never to be seen again on earth

how we have wept for you, invisible country



how we have laid rose petals down and our lives

to make the magnetizing path for you again

the shadows of you have withdrawn inside of us



fleeing the persecutions



but even your shadows are light.

who will take the baby from its mother at the time of birth

will understand what has been done to us



and the murderers thrive

even after the Lord has risen.

roll the stone from over my mouth



and cry to the earth and sky

we LIVE

we LIVE



we LIVE



mary angela douglas 23 april 2020