Sunset on All Soul's Day

Sunset glows
over sharp, dark ridges

rich with vermilion
and ruddy blush

as gathered souls stretch
incarnadine fingers

in clouds sweeping  down
blessing bleak coastal hills.

For their love arises
from the raw, bleeding sun,

their golden breaths
coalesce
into pure, lucid song.

(1 Nov 2011)

Prayer for All Souls Day

Oh fill me with your

sacred fire.

I long to rise from

this moldering pyre, 

but I'm trapped

beneath the dying sun.  

Your love

is just beyond my reach, 

and sight fails  

as I falter 

and back 

to basic earth

fall.  

O, lift me

with your mighty hand

and once again

I'll live.

(1 Nov. 2013)

Storm Clouds in October

Grey,

torn, and twisted

they fill the sky

with the slow motion

of gods.

Scraping hills

rising past the dry heights

they promise rain

and new life.

(25 Oct. 2016)