Wednesday, 9 December 2020

A Poem a Day (322): The Chariot

 
The Chariot
 
Stand over wide oceans to read signs
written in water, slight trickles of sense.
 
Starlight explodes in a silverous stream,
reflections of the moon riding backwards
 
to eat the horizon. We throw stones,
watch them trip across this pithy dark,
 
lost in the squall. Skies empty of birds,
songs postponed until the pink of dawn.
 
We search out the Chariot arching the sky;
irredescent sparks let it loose upon us,
 
charging full throttle, looping each star.
It promises something new, unrealised yet,
 
an echo of the thing you thought you had lost.
Horses drag it full circle, hand you the reins.
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, December 9, 2020

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