
IMBOLC
Ashes from the fire
She rests for awhile
To change the seasons
From winter to light
~ R.M. Engelhardt
Poet Writer Albany NY
IMBOLC
Ashes from the fire
She rests for awhile
To change the seasons
From winter to light
~ R.M. Engelhardt
SOLSTICE
Today
We bless all
Things all darkness
All light
The days
Have grown shorter
And the night
Stays to remind
Us to rest & to
Change our
Ways for the
Better
For the future
For humanity
Animals children
Our world
Today
We rid ourselves
Of all negativity
All sources of
Hate
So let us
Do just that
And bury them
All beneath
The frozen earth
As we pray
For better days
And as our fires
Grow in solace
Theirs shall
Disappear
Back into
The shadows
To remain
~ R.M. Engelhardt
stands still
like an abstract
like a painting
without motion.
without sound.
smoke & the harsh light
of streetlamps, reality
dirt white city sidewalks
and the panhandlers
at the bus stop
telling their tale
their stories
to buy another bottle
or another pint.
all fallen, all once born
children
from someplace
somewhere.
who had once believed
who had once had faith
like “you”
the story of mankind
the story of every past
history, and poverty,
promises…and life.
brother sister child mother
ghosts of selves dying beneath
the light. a last dance, a curtin bow
the only time that we see them
in our eyes…
merry christmas
happy new year
nothing has changed
no more is given other
than what is given
like a greeting or like a gift
you are a saint
you have given him a whole dollar
to eat
you have changed
his life completely,
love and sin, drink no more
the gods are all smiling
upon your soul
but the george bailey in
this story has no clarence
and no one gives a damn,
the shelters are all full
and the angels have all ran
far far away
with their wings
to look after
themselves
peace on earth,
good will towards men
their breath,
still hanging upon
the cold wind and
the smoke of their cigarette
and its burn…
do you have a dollar?
a smoke?
can I be you? warm?
heart beating inside
not realizing
that the man under the
jacket’s hood
is “you”
merry christmas.
peace on earth
good will towards men,
good will
towards men.