Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Walking to Uranus

It begins

By forsaking Earth

Its tether fraying as I rise

Each step a severed thread

My weight dissolving

Into the abyss

Of space

I drift

Through silence

The stars, distant sentinels

Gaze with cold indifference

As I traverse

Their vacant corridors

I am a cosmic wanderer

In the endless black

There are no roads

Between worlds

Only the void, an expanse

Of nothingness where time unravels

Hours blur into a boundless drift

Light is thin, and days are swallowed

By the everlasting night

Uranus looms

Azure giant cloaked in frost

Its axis askew, as if defying

The laws that govern all

Its ice-bound winds

Locked in a tempest

Older than memory itself

I float

Weightless

Each step less solid

As if I am vanishing

Into the very emptiness

I traverse

My being thins

As I near

The Uranian atmosphere

A phantom among gases

The chill of ghostly clouds

Spiraling around me

There is no touch down

Only the swirl of timeless rage

The sky above, an ocean of ice

Where storms grind endlessly

In the yawning dark

Here, I leave no trace

No footprint in the eternal frost

Only the faintest ripple

In the planet's endless blue

This world, this forgotten titan

Turns quietly, unnoticed

Yet in this void, I rise

A spark igniting against the cold

I am the celestial hiker

Who crossed the chasm

A testament to the audacity

Of existence

Flicker of life

Amidst the vast

Unyielding

Night

Prehistoric Serenity

Here in Alaska's skies so vast

Pteranodons soar on wings spread wide

Creatures from a time long past

Serenity in an ageless glide

Over snow-capped peaks and misty fjords

Illuminated by the northern lights

A tranquil spell rains down on all

From airborne beasts in graceful flight

In their presence, harmony reigns

A silent hymn, a song profound

Echoing through the icy plains

Peace pervades the frigid ground

Amidst Alaska's glacial hues

Pteranodons fly, bygone and grand

To bring an essence deeply fused

Bestowed on to a frozen land

To See My Love, I Brave the Winter’s Fray (Villanelle)

Through fields of white, I tread an endless way

Snowflakes kiss my cheeks, icy, sharp, and pure

To see my love, I brave the winter's fray

Each step I take, a vow my heart conveys

A silent oath through storm I must endure

Through fields of white, I tread an endless way

Landscape lies veiled in pale, stark disarray

Yet every flake confirms my heart's allure

To see my love, I brave the winter's fray

The winds, relentless in their frigid play

Test my resolve, but tenderness is sure

Through fields of white, I tread an endless way

Though blizzard's rage, my purpose does not sway

In her embrace, my thoughts are reassured

To see my love, I brave the winter's fray

At journey's end, as night gives way to day

Her smile will greet me, glowing, demure

Through fields of white, I tread an endless way

To see my love, I brave the winter's fray

Danse Hailu: Act XI (New Year Edition)

Scene 1

Countdown to midnight

Fireworks ablaze in the sky

The calendar flips

Scene 2

January 1st

Horizons filled with promise

Beginnings await

Scene 3

Happy New Year’s Day!

Pondering resolutions

Should I lose some weight?