A Dangling Leaf

A dangling leaf begins to turn on its stem: imperceptible breeze. 

Netting the moon

I look up at the full moon through a cobweb shining from roof to tree.

Winter Flowers

The winter flowers on the vine are orange, the colour of both trauma and joy (in Colour Healing). There are few left as winter ends. It has been a winter of trauma and joy, reliving the last, when Andrew began his dying, finally making his transition at the beginning of Spring. I pull a Tarot card from the Wildwood deck. The fire in the centre has bright orange flames. The card is called Abundance, meaning reward after long struggle.

August Wind

August wind.

Each year I forget

until it begins.

A sudden flurry.

'Is that rain?' I think,

but it's not. It's the air 

stirring, no longer inert.

It wakes with a rush —

excitement or dread? —

and the blood responds.

Submitted for Poets United's Verse First ~ Difficulty. The challenge is: Write a poem, no more than three stanzas, that is completely free of "gratuitous, show-offy, camouflaging" text. 

She Seems Unaware

She seems unaware of the bleeding, but

at times her eyes glaze; I think

she's moving away, starting

not to be here.

Further details

One Cloud Settles

One cloud settles softly

on the tops of the trees.

The sky shines blue,

the winter sun
hints of hope, of returning Spring.

Guardian Stone

I dressed the rock by my door

in thin blue lines, in symbols

of Protection and the Goddess.

The original marks, from another hand,

were painted thick, though wearing off.

I wonder should I make mine thicker?

Not yet, says the rock. Let me explore

these more delicate emblems. Power

may also rest in the soft and fine.

Embrace

My house puts warm arms around me.  

I move within soft golden light.

At Last

Tonight, when she comes onto the bed to lie beside me, she purrs as loudly as she used to when he was here and she would snuggle between us. This is the first time since his death that she has expressed such deep content. It has been ten months. She stretches out now, and falls peacefully asleep.