offerings

Goddess Of The Moon

outstretched
you offer your beauty
to the whole world

the peony
blooms
for Buddha

iris bow
sun shines
season’s first offering

Madonna appeared
in a cairn of stones
offering prayer and blessing

offering colors to accompany us
through the long night
the day blooms at dusk

in the oak leaf’s golden goblet
diamond dust and light
an offering to the gods of winter

The day came softly
quietly offering beauty.

offers color all through winter
and presents a profusion of green vitality
in these last heartless days before the blooming of spring.