Five Locks

Five Locks

black
surrounding
stars slowly fade
into the void where
they reside.

a crack
begins to form
tearing light across
a faded dark sky.

night dies
the sun has begun
its slow rise.

golden rays
bend wicked shadows
along every edge.

five locks
intertwining forces
with a rise to rapid
flowing red cast light.

warms the soul
bathed in one star's light
only a couple of moments
breathe light so vibrant.

9/30/23 - arm

Sol

Sol

Can the Sun’s rays,
bring down the days
counted from the last
until the very brave

come forth to claim
that the days were never slain
by the very gleam
carried before the rain

lost in weeks of reflection
those days of inner connection
brought on by the Sun
or turmoiled by the winds

moved by the thought
that these reflections brought
raised to boom away the winds
in hopes they sweep away my sins

the moon grows cold
late autumn world
my sun is gone away
but my stars are here to stay.

11/13/21 – Andy McRae