Six and Then Some
A Poem About Love and Loss
One just made sense,
Two came of twilight.
Three diffused everything.
Four held another
Five got lost in moonlight.
Six was 1,000 miles away.
We endured thunder,
Sat on the side of a mountain
And played tug of war.
We changed something significantly,
Burnt ourselves to the ground
And howled around the ashes.
We made a giant mess of ourselves.
Lessons learned,
relearned and misunderstood.
Seeds cast into the wind.
A drought, an eclipsed full moon in endless winter.
Shadows cover the valley
Even still, the coyote howls
A crow feather
Hides a salamander
The rush of a waterfall
Drowns out the roaring lion
The sun sets on the horizon.
Listen,
A whisper,
The moon
full
And you,
Ready.
About the Creator
Briel Driscoll
Briel is a yoga/dance teacher, Traditional Western Herbalism Teacher and Reiki Teacher living in the Northeastern USA. @Phyteasana
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