Closing out the year
Another cycle ends
Weather juxtaposed
Last year’s snow
Winter’s dread
Seasons pay no heed to dates
Carving up the calendar
Each claiming their own stake
Closing out the year
Another cycle ends
Weather juxtaposed
Last year’s snow
Winter’s dread
Seasons pay no heed to dates
Carving up the calendar
Each claiming their own stake
Darkened hours before the light
Sun surfacing slowly
Winter nights draw on
Cold heart
Cold hands and feet
Rise in the morning
Mistake it for dusk
Back to bed
Going back to sleep
Back to life
Back bent under the knowing
I’m Atlas, holding up the heavens
As are you, life shouldered all the same
Worlds within worlds
Condemned to bear the weight
When the light fails to pierce
Dark days in the Sun
Lingering in shadow’s essence
World comes undone
Chaotic world
Cherish moments of silence
Lion’s share, taken by the din
Brief again
Struggle with motivation
Short standing
Nothing to prop me up
Into the unknown
Follow in footsteps of the stranger
Paths less traveled
Eyes straining for a sign
Pieces of what could be
Pieces of what is
Transforming
Joining
Looking for a perfect fit
Looking back, across time
Eyes turned inward
Body anchored in the moment
Remembering another life
Fire within
Not the burn of motivation
Just agony
Pain chokes my vision