while

low winter light

opening into new perspectives

revealing unexpected beauty

and strength

in the vulnerability

of nakedness

while illumination is working

its own ways

incurable

openings into eternity

can be so many things

astonishingly enough

when not recognised as such

it can

be carried as a wound

interpreted as a weakness

seen as instability

condemned as incurable

where all it ever was

was insight

escape

heavy grey

hanging over the landscape

bringing its own order

into the short hours of

daylight

one way to escape

solitude

is by

accepting it

nausea

nausea is running through the blood

as if

darkness had suddenly

penetrated the skin

struggling with light itself

in the core of every cell of the body

nausea is running through the blood

announcing victoriously

that light has not given up

creeping

clouds are keeping

the sun out

leaving an impenetrable sensation

of grey

creeping under the skin

while waiting for light

to return

profound

the call of an owl announces

gently and with every precaution requested

our entrance into

the darkest time

of the year

a time of

profound possibilities

spine

silent stars

shining sumptuously

through the dark

softening strained sensations

as memories of the past

are being released from the spine

letting every vertebra unfold

into its proper size

still

subtle healing

of deep inner tensions

under a steady rain

and a whirling wind

while darkness close closer in

on the few hours of daylight

still shining