Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Beyond the Bright (WC)

 


(Wendy Cabell, February 1, 2022, Forefeast of the Meeting of Our Lord, Eve of Imbolc, Eve of World Day for Consecrated Life, Chinese New Year, Rosh Chodesh (new moon) of Adar, Saint Brigid’s Day, and feast day of  Saint Brigid of Fiesole, Saint Veridiana, Saint Perpetua,, and Blessed Anna Michelotti. Image from here.)


Beyond the Bright



(you know it hurts my eyes), a softer light ushers mind’s daily pilgrimage–-trusty guide. Painting glow upon words unspoken (you know the ears catch

them anyway) over what the hands love to 

brush against, light touch. Over (or is it

longing for) such empty, empty space,

weaving vessel for 

the filling, on

the morrow.




*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by Mary Jo Bang's February Elegy. From Lisa Freedman's BreatheReadWrite, February 1, 2022.


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