Self-Portrait

Scars from head to toe;

buck and doe;

friend and foe;

A resplendent warrior

ridges

blades cut the clean ice

like into skin;

ridges outline the wounds

life

Gratitude to the wise

A foundation in-ruins revived

by the blood of life

shadows

autumn equinox

silhouettes stretching

crisp sky-blue evenings

gathering

for winter

sustenance

looking at our own shadows

Traps

Getting hung up

In divisive traps

Going nowhere

ties

one heart

tied to many

through love

mirror

warm rays;

the Sun’s mirror;

birthing multiples

Jubilee

Bugles reaching skyward

into pure cacophony;

Mother Nature’s jubilee

open eyes

keeping an eye

on the movements around;

carefully discerning

what’s dangerous or profound