The northern moon shines
through the blinds
into my dark room
while the night stretches on.
The moon has risen in a windy sky
cloud-embraced, beyond my view.
While night moves into a darker time,
I turn away and close my eyes.
Awaiting an Ending
Tag: 2021
Winter Solstice – 2021
The winter solstice wakes in grey light outlining the old pine. I step into red shoes, ready to froth and jitter preparing for the feast. The light reveals the snow-edged road. as rushing gatherers, masked and crowded, hurry towards Bethlehem. The dark lurks, in its shortening time, waiting with its unsought balm of a pause, and sleep.
