Lightly The Light Years Stand In Bloom Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

For Rainer Maria Rilke
Lightly the light years stand in bloom
Funneling beauty from a distant loom
Candlewicks quenched and yet they shine
Through so many ages and also in mine
And in my mind on a lissome sky
In argent heraldry, fleece they lie
as clouds still visible yet invisible
where the jeweled soul slumbers
And so shall I
All through the night by angels bedight.

Oh, lullaby winds from the tree boughs sigh
As they did once from our backyard pines
And hushed is this restive heart of mine
And I am lulled beyond all time
And I am lulled beyond all time.
mary angela douglas 31 july 2024