autumn equinox poem (2014)

Autumn Equinox 2014
for my daughter

Veil over blue veil dawn rises
over crescent moon and early sun

this year conjunct, and, equinoctial

equals, day and night hold the opposites

in perfect balance, sunrise true east

sunset true west.  My solar return.

In the garden pumpkins glow like lanterns

and birds feast on cherry-sized berries.

Together we take our year’s harvests

down to the sea – the high tide, this

year’s warmest, and the homecoming

benediction of the first, the last,

the only ocean – amniotic's fluid reign.

© Roselle Angwin, September 23 2014