January 7, 2020

breaking open
walnuts lay in dying grass
palms turned up

January 6, 2020

seducing full moons
baptized skin breathes the night wind
snow doesn’t fall here

gone
the flame lured me
into obsidian

under another sky
snowflakes swallow me whole
fire escapes

scent of apple and
the sky holds hands with the sea
morning’s son sleeps in

a darker sky sings
pledges of allegiance
silent as a dream

sleeping maple trees
hair will turn a shade silver
preparing for birth