Golden light and shadow ushers in fall. The world tilts, slows, swirls, flashes brightness like leaves falling—sky grows bluer as geese flocks call the news of their migration; water grieves their absence, grows dark and opaque, no lure for swimmers, no need for fence to fetter. It is the time to put forth new warm…

Last night she was sleeping, Forsaking all others, when he came home. You may kiss. He kissed her cheek. This morning, For better or for worse, He is sleeping In sickness and in health, She kisses his cheek.

Large shapes shy and neigh on the edges of our circle.  An outline across the flames is you, beneath blankets, unwilling to face night’s sure vast loss. Morning’s approach is less heard than felt. A silent crescendo, a change in the air, a long breathless sigh. The horses, knowing dawn, further range. Then I see,…

In the window, I watch and sit. Birds light and peck the ground. Into the air, they dart and flit. I meow and make no sound. Birds light and peck around. Bumping the glass and twitching my tail I meow and make no sound. Such slender necks, weak and frail. I bump the glass and…

          “Wist ye not that I must be           about my Father’s business?”                           St. Luke 2:49 Forgive me father, for I have sinned. Sins of the father, the sins of the seed. I confess the guilt I could not transcend. It is in your image I tear and rend, Repeat your mistakes and follow…