In Heavenly Peace

Christmas e'en

Gaiety
Winds down

Only lucid gestures

Of simplicity
Linger

~@~

Copper kettle

Whistle

Cozy ember

Sandalwood incense

Sweetens the air

Pastoral glow

Scented candles

Silver wax drips

Like mercury

Lemon tea

Coddles sandy throat

Ginger and spice

Drifting

Honey-flavored lullaby 

Cusp of reverie

Afloat
On tranquil pools

Moonlight shimmers

Liquid sapphires

Kiss
Of cherished comfort

Descends 

Beneath crisp flannel

~@~

I
Will
Dream
Of next year

Wrapped

In winter’s
Serenity


Peace