In Memoriam Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky D. October 27 2019 Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

The knight Bukovsky has died.

what are we to make of his departure.

he who inhabited a castle of his own making

in hell.

oh we wish him well, God speed.

all those benedictions that can be said

or wept soundlessly.

oh live in Eternal Freedom now

in a small voice I said

bowing my head

having met him once in the Spring

at a conference very briefly and I said in a small note extended

I hope to live in such a castle too.

Thank You.

knight invincible barely comprehensible

except to the few

who live that way too.


mary angela douglas 4 november 2019