Solstice Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

today is the summer solstice

perhaps you too, like me

await this very day

some fate we cannot comprehend yet

perhaps the sun will smote us down

in this proud summer

maybe even without knowing

you or I with the sun in the sky

and the birds all singing

may stand in front of frozen in time

the recurring Red Sea moment again.

if that is so, my unseen friends

weep not.

it seems the world belongs to the cruel

but God made it, who is infinitely kind.

comfort yourself with even the smallest breeze

the green leaves turning

oh why lament

how it feels to be disgraced

humiliated

these things will not endure

your heart is a pearl

not to be bruised this endlessly.

breathe deep in the solstice of your soul.

awaiting what the day will bring

somewhere there are glad tidings

even now let the tide of unseen kindness

reach your shores

don't be afraid

the God of peace is yours.

endure.

mary angela douglas 21 june 2023