Naked…

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Nature’s enchantment
Perpetual enigma
Echoing our own

Kites hunt overhead. Iron clouds race over distant hills… a heavy, roiling mass shrouds the dawn. The merest hint of brightness signals the rising of the sun and wind tortured branches writhe black against the gloom. We drive on, away from our vantage point high above the vale, down to where the world wakes to the half-light of a winter morning.

Snowdrops bloom on village greens, daphne and viburnum blush, pink as our absent dawn, in the shelter of thatched cottages. Churchyards wear drifts of snowdrops and shadowy copses are carpeted with stars. The windflower blooms, heralding spring before the first snow of winter.

I wonder at the contrast between the stark heights and the cosy valley. Have we really tamed Nature and kept winter at bay with our walls and warmth? Or is it just an illusion to comfort hibernating minds…

Enticed by secrets
Beyond the threshold of truth
Dreamers walk naked

For Colleen’s Poetry Challenge

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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17 Responses to Naked…

  2. V.M.Sang says:
    January 17, 2019 at 12:34

    Lovely imagery. I wanted to ‘like’ this, but my iPad is refusing to load the relevant button!

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  3. Bette A. Stevens says:
    January 17, 2019 at 23:57

    Beautiful… ❤ Sharing.

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  4. pvcann says:
    January 18, 2019 at 01:12

    This is how I feel when I’m bush walking, beautifully said.

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  5. Jennie says:
    January 19, 2019 at 02:42

    Beautiful words!

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  6. Violet Lentz says:
    January 20, 2019 at 15:27

    That was just beautiful Sue.

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  8. merrildsmith says:
    January 21, 2019 at 13:16

    Lovely thoughts, Sue. I particularly like the first haiku and the top photo.

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