DARK AND LIGHT

Treacle darkness coats the leaves,
on gnarled branches ancient born
and sleeves the trunk of mighty oak
whose roots descend on creeping quest.
The path is lost, the way is blind,
Orion stumbles, stars extinct,
yet overhead a screeching owl
defies the black and carves the air.

Ruby wound, horizon born,
bleeds to gold in eastern hope.
A bird extols relief and joy
with trilling voice, from lofty perch.
Blackened threat melts slow to blue,
light in triumph claims the day,
while trembling dew  drops soft to green,
as life is stirred on thirsty quest.

In a circle life revolves
where light and dark are seamless match,
down through eons past and new,
through fear and celebration both,
a rolling revelation. . .
gift of birth and price of death,
of roaring storm and tranquil sun,
rejoicing in a history
of challenge met and battles won.