Transcendence

Transcendence Winter strides past halcyon autumnal daze On sweeping ariels of barren hues Brittle bones of blue with fiery breath Sun drench soul icicles marrow like nebula stars When decrepit doldrums descend As winter Daphne slowly returns Her satin clusters, in chilled fragrance, bloom Then flood lassitude with transcendence To intoxicate icy vapors of wistful wandering. Early harbinger ascends above the solstice When vernal visions transcend hibernation Dormant malaise and feeble sight, Blurred by floating cataracts of blizzards, From dark welkins raw melancholy’s cadence flutters To glimpse enchantment in hindsight - The sweet scent of butterflies and bees - As Daphne coaxes a threadbare season Into a blackberry winter of vernal vitality. 1-11-22 Contest: This or That Sponsor: Edward Ibeh Title chosen – Transcendence Blackberry winter is a synonym for spring. Welkin is a synonym for sky. I have two pots of winter Daphne by my front door. They bloom in January.