After Light

I have taken the winter road to keep alive with free falling ice and white that holds me clear and bare and sharply cold to be aware and crave to cling to naked trees that shudder in winds so bleak that I am In my so sleek and satiny despair I would plead to invite blue birds twine around my tender spaces wrapped to keep me warm with weather fair Feathering the flames of tendered traces you left long ago with love wishes for my heart’s repair I’ve laid palm leaves upon the courtyard path open to the sky as a carpet of repentance and faith to dance on with bare feet to remind me to travel on briskly waking to keep alive our songs and how we laughed awakening our dreams from under stale pillows to unravel the arms that no longer reach to hold the sun for now the harvest has fled autumn has passed and winter has begun again and still We have the world at our feet and air to catch to freely breathe alone from each other never to let the day pass by without love April 11, 2021 All Yours (April 12) Poetry Contest Sponsored by Brian Strand