Monday, March 04, 2024

The Cherita, Book 81, December 2023

Issue: "lighthouse keeper"


no one promised

this life
would be easy

but without hardship
I would not have found
this pen, this brush


sky spirits

are dancing
tonight

my feet
begin
to tingle


long-awaited

this rain
that slakes the thirst

of a wizened earth,
grown old
before its time


deepening snow

footsteps
make no sound

but I can hear
my breath
singing

A Cherita Lighthouse Award


aspens are turning

into yellow wraiths
in the wind

soon,
they will be nothing
more than bones

A Cherita Lighthouse Award


marsh cattails

exploding
in the sun

I catch a bit of light
and put it
in my pocket

A Cherita Lighthouse Award


silver sage

graced
by moonlight

its scent
somehow
immortal

A Cherita Lighthouse Award
 

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