To The Little Match Girl, Dreaming Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

(to Hans Christian Andersen (for The Little Match Girl)

the first match shows The Tree

in all its finery, loaded with apples,

sugarplums, the candles of the world

reflected in your face

and now, the second grace is struck

and there's one Star

to guide you from where you are,

frozen skylark in the snow and dreaming

of the third

with all the birds heard singing

Heaven and home to you;

no longer alone.

but spared

all worldly care.

mary angela douglas 12 july 2019