We Remember You Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

oh Lord do come to our defense

when the pettiness of this world and small cruelties threaten to

engulf us;

when we are left high and dry.

when it seems there will be no more springtime on earth.

when it feels there will be no sky

and that the glacial ages will return.

oh Lord come to our defense when we are spurned,

when we are shunned.

whenever it is we deeply feel our orphaned state

and perennial exile while on You we wait

and can no longer measure the distance between

where we are seated and the door

or ascertain if there are prowlers wild coyotes

near

be with us when we quake with fear

because of the barbs and arrows that have flown our way

on many a blue skied sunny day

without us ever knowing why

for the sickness that comes to stay. be our balm.

for the killing storm, our calm.

we know you made the earth to be beautiful.

we remember Zion.

we remember the sound of the harps.

we remember You.

Oh see that we have strung our captivities together

to makea Song, a necklace of bitter stars

that you may know we know

it was never You who wronged us;

let the small tears come

and wash it all away.



mary angela douglas 16 october 2020