Of Late (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, January 28, 2022, feast day of the Totemsk-Sumorin Icon of the Mother of God, and of (above) Saint Julian of Cuenca, Saint Ephraim the Syrian, Saint Isaac the Syrian, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Cannera of Inis Cathaig, Saint Constantly, Blessed Maria Luisa Montesinos Orduna, Blessed Olympia Bida (communist Eastern Europe),  and Saint Radegonde of Celles. Image from here.)

Of Late

Late (adj.):.. from PIE *led- 'slow, weary,'

from root *‌‌lē- 'to let go, slacken.'

–-etymoline.com

the late self, the buried self the weary slow and slackened self the simply seeking life self the fallen trickle of stream self the sensing this is movement self the sensing death can rise self, the sensing all in its own time self the seed under blanket of snow self, the sap of amber pulse self the lullaby of sojourning self the lullay to you dear late self, lullay, lullay, lullay... 

                           

*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by the etymology of “late”. From Lisa Freedman's BreatheReadWrite, January 28, 2022.