54th

flickering light prick

embedded in the dark night -

you held onto life

53rd

assume the posture -

gnarled tree bent low now budding

you after cancer

cold front

all night long she moans

emptiness pregnant with sound

emptiness barren

52nd

bright line connecting

me to your hospital bed

jet-stream etch-a-sketch

51st

stooped arthritic tree

wrapped in vines against the wind

pale moon smiles coolly

50th

natural artist -

bare birch tree inks in shadows

across its scrolled skin

49th

tangled undergrowth

forgotten clumps of old hair

caught in nature's brush