'So Virtuous! 14/10/09 Poem by Margaret Alice

I realize that I am myself at home
singing and laughing, played with
the lyrics of My fair Lady; transla-
ted them into naughty Afrikaans

Read Psalm 38 to enjoy the lovely
terms created by the devoted in
1935; I thought I had changed for
the better, but it seems to be

The effect of my mother’s prayer
changing the hearts of my family
although Tiaan still jokes about
pills for the noise

I enjoy reading about Universal Sufism,
balancing it with Catholicism and Hinduism
while delighting in the poetic license of the
Dutch Reformed Church hymns

Were I only able to concentrate on official
words suffocating in my suffering
document, I would have felt
so virtuous!