Winter

Winter (2017)

She enters her crate

as the last light dims,

and makes up her bed

for the winter.

Instinct guiding her

toward the place

where she will spend

the season.

Outside,

the world continues

people hurry

they overlook.

It doesn’t matter

that few will understand.

Something older

has called her home.

Trusting what she cannot

yet see,

she curls into the dark.

The animals know this time

the seeds know it too

the long gathering

beneath the surface.

What appears dormant

is preparing.

So she settles deeper

into the dark

listening

for what winter

has come to teach.