these semicolon days
with that breathy pause
before twilight turns to night
the winter queen waiting
with a yawn and stretch
dreaming of scarlet and black
both wrists bared and
knees to the earth
a surrender to stone
and hearth
semicolon days;
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This is beautifully stark and evocative. The imagery of a “breathy pause” at twilight and the “surrender to stone and hearth” creates a powerful sense of quiet intensity, fragility, and resolve.
Thank you, Srikanth. Glad you liked it
Excellent, evocative imagery here, Michael. Wonderful piece.
Thanks, Chris. 🙂
“these semicolon days” the space between seasons. That brings home the feeling of transition. Soon enough we’ll smell that first autumn wind.
I think it passed through my window last night. 50°F!
As they say here, if you don’t like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.