poetry: solstice

11/30

on longest day
tilt toward sun
find cypress trees
look close, closer

see soft feather
watch it tremble
remember flying clouds
forget sinking sand

notice sky change
gold, purple, pink
swallow it whole
feel forgiveness burn

dance around flames
emerge a phoenix
weave midsummer memories
into fiery wings

close your eyes 
take a bite
all my words
are still warm


More short poems:
1/30: not my cat
2/30: comfort
3/30: ache
4/30: remember
5/30: graduation
6/30: big love
7/30: Heavy and light
8/30: delicate
9/30: leaping
10/30: Dad gave me…