Elemental – Page 37

A lake flat as glass
The calm belies the hunger
Beneath the surface

Waves crash on the shore
As uncounted grains of sand
Sift through my fingers

Tumbled river stones
Transforming into sand by
Water’s persistence

Dusk in the forest
Eerie tendrils of blue light
Draw me in deeper

Weightless in the sky
The rim of a silver cup
Spilling out the night

Dancing on the road
Windblown veils of white ribbon
As the snowfall starts

Windows glazed with ice
Outside raw winter winds are
Howling summer’s dirge

Unburdened release
Angry swollen torrents rage
Surging towards the sea

Winter’s minion howls
It’s frigid moonlight keening
Rends the mind and soul

Midnight’s lustrous moon
Bears witness to the promise
Of the newborn year.