They say spring is on its way ....

Absolutely grey all day, wet and wild. Seemed best to go for a minimalist blip. There are a few of these trees along the road, all leaning from the prevailing wind, all spare but rather beautiful. This is untouched b&w just as it came, bleak.

I keep hoping .... but I think the pause is longer than ever this year.

As I was saying
before the light changed
before the leap of spring
took us forward ?
as I was saying
the dark is not forever
it's never forever
it cycles in
on seasonal wheels
splashing through
autumn rains

it's there on foot
taking slushy steps
in the winter hush.
it chills us
while we sleep
bone weary.
in dreams
fear thrills,
icy fingers of dark
probing
our hidden world.

it is lightened for a moment
a brief flight
from Solstice
to Christmas
with Yule fires
and celebrations
of Light

soon there comes a pause,
where breath rests,
where all kingdoms
sleep in silence
an instant before the turning.
as I was saying,
darkness is not forever,
it ebbs with every tide,
the seasonal wheels spoked
with rays of new spring light.