Sun Poem, Two Variations by Kersten Christianson

 

Brigit’s Light:  A Break from Rain

 

To remind us of her presence,

the sun opens her blinds

occasionally.

She dusts the glass-beaded crystals

waiting in windows

and washes my space in gold.

She travels across hushed waters

slipping silently into the sea.

 

(As published in Brigit: Sun of Womanhood, 2013)

 

Sun

 

Occasionally she opens

the blinds, to remind me she is there.

 

She dusts the glass-beaded

baubles swinging in the windows.

 

She washes in gold light

my bookshelves, my desk,

 

the dust collected in the corners,

the spider plant drooping on the sill.

 

She goes about her day,

moving across hushed waters,

 

gliding silently into the wine-dark sea.

 

(As edited and published in Something Yet to Be Named, 2017)

 

 

 

 

Image: Kersten's window, by Kersten Christianson.