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At the Bonfire on New Year’s Eve

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on January 1, 2025| 4 Comments »


 
 
To the list of things I will likely forget,
add the color of the sky tonight
as we stood around the bonfire,
the way the deep blue gave way
to a deeper blue, to a deeper blue,
until it was blue no more—
every moment more lovely
than the moment before.
How many moments of wonder
have I forgotten in just this past year?
The forgetting makes them no
less wondrous. In fact, as I stood
at the bonfire, I was aware of all
the wonder stored in this body,
how it has shaped me, created me,
as much as any food I’ve eaten,
as much as every walk I’ve taken,
as much as any vitamin. And so
I gathered it in me, the vision of sparks
against the clear night sky, and Venus
perched atop the barren tree. The heat
of the flames and the crackle
of trapped moisture turning to steam.
There will be times this next year
when I desperately need wonder,
and though I will likely forget
the particulars of this night,
let me not forget how to be stirred
by beauty, remade by it, even.
So I practice now, this art
of falling in love with the world.
Come tomorrow, I will practice again.

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One Inner Bonfire

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on December 21, 2021| 6 Comments »




they invite
new ways of making light—
these longest nights

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One Preparation

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on March 11, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

 

 

months before the match,

piling sticks onto the bonfire—

already the face glows with the heat

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