One wreath had blackberry clusters
Intertwined. Was it a blackbird
Or wren that briefly sang a graveside
Aria, godlike in its way, a psalm?
(He will defend you under his wing.
You will be safe under his feathers.)
5 October 2013
Copyright © 2014 by Michael Longley, The Stairwell, Penguin Random House/Jonathan Cape
Psalm
Michael Longley
