As the first light dawns

New day emerges from grey

Again I’m reborn

Snowdrops reappear

We begin another year

Keep the earth held near

At dawn the stags rut

Beneath a silver wolf moon

I’m captivated

Sharp shards of sunlight

Pierce between furry frost fronds

Open wide my eyes

I have meandered

Into quiet backwaters

Nothing to see here

Buried in the fog

At the bottom of the pile

Turn your face away

Can I see beyond

This rough and ragged hillside?

Stuck in the long grass

Outside freezing fog

Inside a foggy fever

Waiting for the thaw

Hard cold winter light

Brittle branches hold frost bite

Unfolding sharp heights

What mysteries lie

Deep beneath this glassy pool,

Never to be found?

How soon these short days

Turn, vanish and fade away

Only shadows stay

So we head outside

Steely faced we bravely grace

Silent frozen waste

Leaning to your warmth

Rays that stretch into my bones

Great source of all light

In biting cold air

Under drab drizzle grey where

Frozen fingers play

The moss always grows

In the middle of my road

Where nobody goes

Winter’s magma glow

Melting minds that fell behind

When howling winds blow

All I am made of

Has been reclaimed from cold death

By mycelium

And so we begin

Another sunward journey

Let’s go together

Chase the fog away

For hiding here is soul rest

Scattered sunlight graze

These ragged badlands

Forgotten roads lead nowhere

That’s where I settle

When will the fog lift?

When will I get over this?

Time is the best gift

This fungal mirror

Tangled above and beneath

Holds us together

Time won’t skip a beat

Can’t sit still or rest his feet

Don’t try to compete