Yet Will I Not Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

how will you get by in the world

I said looking back at

myself as a little girl

people already are not always

that reassuring

helping you with whatever

you're enduring

God endures.

my Grandmother said.

beyond the grass and flowers

beyond uncertain hours

God endures.

but how will you manage

when they are gone

all the dear ones

you depended on

oh God endures.

comes back to you

when you're not sure

the voices you heard then

when you thought you were settled in

though mountains fall into the sea

quoted my Grandmother most sincerely

caring for me, my sister, too

yet will I not fear.

mary angela douglas 20 november 2022