Low sun bleeds pale gold, Spilling across the unwashed sky Bleaching everything it touches, Leaching life and colour. Bare trees fade to cry, Weak and feeble rays Diffuse and ineffective. Tired, worn world waits. Time Stands Still. Suspended between past and future, Fear and hope, Evil and good, Darkness and light. In this moment poisedContinue reading “Winter Solstice”
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The Sea
A stained-glass window Refracting myriad panes of Azure, cobalt, turquoise. Hushed voices whisper through shingle, The rise and fall of ancient invocation, The repeated murmurs of penitent prayer. Rocks eroded and shaped By relentless waves, capricious storms Carving a memorial stone. Primordial incense of death, Rotting and renewing, cloying and cleansing, Breath of life.
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