lantern – Leaf And Twig

The Brightening

fuchsia lanterns
preparing to cast
their petal light

summer’s way of saying
welcome home
I left the light on for you

a light
without light
is how memory is made

like a lantern
with a red flame of
beauty’s eternal light

each snowflake
makes acquaintance with
this new relationship of space

the crabapple gone
but still she serves
welcoming us home

your presence
lets me know
I am home

a welcome
for wanderers
in the wild

lantern by
the flowering tree
beauty is the light

light
without light
lantern in the woods

flame extinguished
now illuminated
with memories

lantern in snow
a wink of light
feeds hope

eavesdropping
on the conversation
between the water and the rain

lantern’s speck of light
trusted guide
on a dark day

Like a lantern
the illuminated leaf
lights the forest journey.