Everything Seemed To Turn Out Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

expecting the heroes

why did we fall apart

losing faith in our lucky stars;

burying the sun

said Mandelstam

it's as if

they have buried the sun

we can no longer

do the radiant sums

I wait in simple silence

under the Advent's star

as if I could gaze that far

wondering why

by the ancient sundial reckoning

everything seemed to turn out

beyond all Cause

like the Pietas.

mary angela douglas 23 november 2022; 8 february 2023