Katrina Kaye
left to
the wind
of autumn
her hair
turns
white,
grows long
unruly
pays no
mind to the
twist of
time,
the thorns
threaten
the bells
which no
longer chime
and yet
there is
still so
much music
“Crone” is previously published in Spillwords (2021).
Katrina Kaye
with sunlight
through kitchen window
the recorded
sounds of violins and wine
from a stemless glass
with a smudge
of lipstick on the rim
be not disappointed
with each gift
you have wrought
in an attempt to surrender
seclude to kitchen table
ask the weight on
shoulders to retire
enjoy a glass of red wine
and much needed solitude
let the music
move from neckline
to fingertips
as it always has
as it always will
understand every offering
at your fingertips
is hard earned
and the loneliness
that too
has been invited
“Be Content” is previously published in The Green Shoe Sanctuary (2022) and the chapbook No Longer Water (2024).
Katrina Kaye
Your world is absent of light.
Dust reflected in rare brightness
only to disappear behind western vista.
Enveloped in gloom,
you watch from thick shadows
the world succumbing to the dim,
you fade in the dusk.
If I promise to follow you into the night,
take your path away from the sun
and wrap myself in your darkness,
will you sit beside me,
fingers interlaced with my own,
and watch the sun rise?
“Sun” is previously published in They Don’t Make Memories Like That Anymore (2011).
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