Take back from the lost days

Take back from the lost days
the small candle,
the standing at the window
watching rain,
the chance meeting on a bridge.

Take back from the lost days
the waking light,
the scent of fireplaces
on winter air.

Save them in the place
you put your healing heart.

-	Copyright Kay Winter

Dreams

Go into the woods to dream.
Take the gift of the spider with you
if you need to forget
the shadows.
-	Copyright Kay Winter

Day 11 – Nightfall

Let the night fall
Deep as it will
The snow
Will reflect your light.


- Copyright Kay Winter

Day 10 Twig

Make of yourself
an unusual shape
to catch and hold 
the heavy snow.



- Copyright Kay Winter

Omen Day – Bird

A smudge
A flight
A gathering of wind in the winter night
A river followed through clouds


- Copyright Kay Winter

Omen Day 8 – Signal Lights

Signal lights
Half buried
Half blazing

This way
Or that way.



- Copyright Kay Winter

Omen Day 7 – Moon

Trusting that the branches
Will hold the first moon
Long enough.


- Copyright Kay Winter

Omen Day 6 – Frost

Looking up
The palest blue path of sky.
Pearlescent morning light.
Hoarfrost
Last days
Waiting.


- Copyright Kay Winter

Omen Day 3 – Seeds

Hidden and dried promises.

Remembrance of crimson leaves.

Waiting all winter
for the chickadees
to feast.

-	Copyright Kay Winter

Omen Day 2 – Feather

The secret sense of birds
having flown 
unmarked landscapes.

A lost feather - 
the soft echo of farewell.


-Copyright Kay Winter