Wednesday, 9 August 2023

Ukko

I have seen flame auroras

mirror across frozen lakes

the ice singing underfoot

the heart of the stars, pounding


a white fox on the hunt

twilit eyes straight at me

and the knife at my chest

both of us ignoring the call


In the night of night

dance crackling fireflies

spangle the dark of the eyes

fairy about the flames


A thunderstruck tree

split in twain, waits for me

nods at my presence

smelling of cinder and hope.

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