sometimes the angel comes for someone else
dressed in Florentine colors a message passing like light through
rosy hands
past the porticoes into the olive grove and to where someone else
waits. for the benediction you prayed for.
why am I blocked you wonder. why is no ave said to me.
you must learn to fold your dreams, to put them away.
squaring all corners;
that breathing is itsown reward on the sullen the beautiful earth.
just knowing: HE IS.
your message may come another way. from the north wind
from the ice on the pane some distant morning.
there is the pattern meant for you in the flowers of frost.
your unlikely Spring. and not another's
you will recognize it.
it will call you by name. snow thunder passing over the plains;
do not cry.
mary angela douglas 11 november 2020
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Lovely poem. We tend to compare ourselves with others and end up missing our own blessing. As you said just being alive is a huge blessing. And we are blessed you said in such a beautiful way. Thank you for sharing