Stop For A Moment And Read This Poem Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

stop for a moment and read this poem.

let the greenery of it rustle in the wind

and there you are a child of the wind yourself

that blows all corners of the map in the fairy tale,

remember?

you were at work and now you're not and you can breathe

and in the poem are all the roses you have forgot

each individual rose scent each colour, contour and the petals

drifting

or you are at home and hear your mother calling you in

from the blue grained dusk

look up from your invoices for a moment

from your latest to do list in the kingdom of what must be done.

oh shun. shun everything but the clouds in the afternoon sky and

later on

they will turn to rubies emeralds yellow diamonds.

this is for you then

when it happens:

remember the poem that told you so.

mary angela douglas 18 october 2021