Love Only Justifies Love Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

oh God forgive me for rank bitterness

for insults hurled at me from cars for

standing in the rain for hours and being drenched


in the snickering driver's ill intent

and for my taking offense at everything

in a world so full of it


oh God bring me in from the rain


from the self accumulated pain

I wont let go of because it seems so unresolved

forgive me for the wounds that just wont heal


for everything I feel when thrashing

through the world's dense gloom

I know that you have felt it all before


and so much more than I ever could

I know as hard as it may seem

the only feeling I should feel


is Love through you

all this I know

for every blow on blow.


mary angela douglas 26 april 2020