The King Of Poetry Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

Your word is a flame
your word is not a lie
your word is a star
your word is not a lie
your word is not a bent arrow
it is an arrow of gold
I have kept
in my heart's quiver
it is not a lie
there is noise everywhere
it is not the truth
there is the turning back of
every tide you started
it is not the truth
I have stood with the water
rising over my head
I have been told
'You are not drowning'
but I was drowning
And You knew it
I was drowning and you
lifted me out on dry land
You who are not a lie.

mary angela douglas 21 october 2009