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Inspired by my (now departed) mother and a prompt from a 30 year old poets handbook.

You taught me that I could

cast the circle round

as the sun was rolling west

headed earthward down

 

you helped me light the wicks

one two three and four

the second moon was rising

up from the forest floor

 

we started to hum lightly

joined by an old nightjar

our tabby cat she lingered

her eyes never going far

 

autumn leaves were incense

a foundling stick our wand

midnight like a perfect yoke

tied our family bond

 

this sterling ring of metal

you bought for my right hand

over 20 years ago now

in a mountain cradled land

 

and all the rest belongs with time

it holds our sacred space

until my arms enfold you again

I will forever feel displaced.

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