I Know Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

every day I dig the tunnel deeper

every day I wash the sea out of the door

every day I rinse the curtains



every day is Heaven implored.

I believe in exits from the sorrows.

I believe in sudden bright reprieves



i believe with every click the tumbrills

will unlock and then disclose the keys.

carry just a cloud in your last pocket



meteor showers in your only pail

I know God made earth to be a meadow

only man made it to be a jail



mary angela douglas 3 july 2020