Seasonless

 

I look out

to contemplate

this seasonless

season

of nothing

and anything

An eagle

skims by

riding

currents

of spring-like

warmth

In the shadows

rare snow

lingers

perforated

with patches

of precocious

green

Suspended

 

That

suspended feeling

like time

is holding

its breath

Does

the earth

know

what was

or wasn't?

Is

its deep wisdom

deep memory?

What do

the trees know

that I don't

as sap flows

and buds swell

regardless

of calendar,

without fear

or

forewarning

Circle

 

The path seems

straight

the curves

easy

as you enter

the woods

at dawn

The way

ahead

is unknown

the forest's

secrets

hidden

in shadow

Then

spotlighted

when the sun

beams into

the heart

of a dewy spiderweb

Only

as you follow

the light

do you understand

your journey

is circling

back

to where

you began

Awake

 

When

the journey

has been

so long

across miles

across days

you fall

asleep

with your eyes

open

Jolting

awake

to a strange

landscape

heart

louder

than the car engine

Awake

and

grateful

to be alive

Reunion

 

Dazzled

by light

by color

by the height

of the sky

as if

a gray door

opened

and I stepped

into

blinding

sunlight

My eyes

my heart

feel tender

like

a tiny leaf

unfurling

Land[e]scape

 

Beyond

the created

landscape

of circles

and lines

the rough

shorn down

in razor straight

stubble

creation's

land

escapes

collapsing

into a clutter

of fallen branches

wet leaves

creeping

into perfect

corners

blurring

boundaries

erasing

our footprints

the moment

we lay them

down

The only story

 

When I was

a little girl

every story

was new

not only

because I hadn't

heard it

but because

my story

was unwritten

Slowly

my story

has been written

between the lines

of everystory

until

it is one story

and that story

is yesterday

today

and

tomorrow