A Winter Poem Finished on a Hot Summer Day
It's been quite a while since I've visited LiveJournal. During the winter and spring I struggled with my energy as I bid farewell to my brother, Mike, as he struggled with Stage IV lung cancer. I found myself sleeping an average of 10 hours a night, and still felt exhausted. I was still feeling the exhaustion during Oasis, but my time there provided the nurturing I needed to heal and re-energize.
This is my round-about way of introducing a poem called, "Winter Dream". It was started shortly before we all learned of Mike's illness, and now on an exceedingly hot summer day I finished it.
Solitary pine reaching,
Reaching long into deep night,
And the Moon rising full,
Full of promises and dreams;
Her gentle light awakening
The pine's nocturnal shadow
To shimmer and stretch,
Dancing over crystalline snow.
Within that shadow,
My questing eyes see
A gateway spiraling,
Calling, calling to me,
Singing into my soul,
Answered by a whisper within,
With only a breath
A journey may begin.
This is my round-about way of introducing a poem called, "Winter Dream". It was started shortly before we all learned of Mike's illness, and now on an exceedingly hot summer day I finished it.
Solitary pine reaching,
Reaching long into deep night,
And the Moon rising full,
Full of promises and dreams;
Her gentle light awakening
The pine's nocturnal shadow
To shimmer and stretch,
Dancing over crystalline snow.
Within that shadow,
My questing eyes see
A gateway spiraling,
Calling, calling to me,
Singing into my soul,
Answered by a whisper within,
With only a breath
A journey may begin.