Call and Response: Day 3: Lightning

the light still glows
I fear to turn it off
the mechanism which turns it off
and on is a mystery
with a rhythym
unknown
light
no light
and then again light
not day
not night
just light

Lightning
Originally uploaded by vajra

Call and Response: Day 2: Sigh

Sigh
Originally uploaded by vajra

Little Christmas has come
and gone
boxes crowd table and chairs
so much to put
away
outside the bluster
which was invited for Christmas
has now arrived or promises
though Spring is sending
messengers as silent as
this sigh

Call and Response: Day 2

Won't you come inside and join me
for a cup of steaming tea
for the winter weather clings like
a lingering Christmas carol
of icy travel and wise men lost in time

Call and Response: Day 1: New Year

New Year
Originally uploaded by vajra

fogs in
day's gray
here and there a flower
puts the lie
to Winter

renaissance is coming
wearing gray chiffon
and a calla lily
in her hair

Call and Response: Day 1: Seeking Promise

Seeking Promise

Doubt is the fraying middle name for this
passing decade, jarring sleigh ride toward regret
hailing Prayer, a Siamese twin tightly frozen to my concrete hip
where cracks take on frigid water fast.

1130 Miles: Christ Mass: Crying All Day

Crying All Day

for the missing ones

the hungry ones

women sleeping under trees

out of doors with no gifts 

but the temporary dry

bordering on warmth

1130 Miles: Christmas Day: Teardrop

Teardrop
Originally uploaded by vajra

day is finished or nearly so
after two days of cooking
shopping chopping eating
nothing to do
after cleaning
rinsing drying shelving
except
start
again