endings

year's end 

deep in the mountains

my fire burns blue

i listen to endings

with an old black cat

Happy New Year!

grace

smoky mountains

a flower’s grace

six months past

birds

arctic day

all the quiet

filled by birds

tears

trail of tears

the snow moon

is so cold

mouse

winter mouse

all the tiny holes

in my umbrella

redbird

dark winter day

i hear the redbird 

with my heart

beauty

awakened

by a silent sound

winter night

the spare beauty

of everything

tattoo

valley trees  my next tattoo  etched in fog

face

face to face

with a low hanging sky

morning breath

whisper

trying to make

my footsteps whisper

silent forest

imagination

imagination hiking deeper into it

mourning

bare limbs at dusk

the gentle mourning

of one dove

karma

mountains of leaves

raked into piles

evening wind

peace

snowy forest

the peace i seek

finds me

tracks

tracks in the snow

a coyote deepens

mine

with

i rise 

with mountains

autumn dawn

no longer

morning fog

all i no longer

remember

case

sound by sound

the case against sleep

night storm

pause

creek crossing

i pause halfway

for a song

answer

as if every answer is blue wilderness sky