Haiku 16

Winter Solstice Ritual

(Umbra.)

Dawn’s eyelids flicker.
Winter loosens her tight grip
On Sunlight’s thin wrist.

(Penumbra.)

Navy of morning.
Exhilaration on Dawn’s
Quivering forehead.

(Antumbra.)

Blue-white on sidewalks
Somnambulating shadows
A circumspection.

GL, 12/22/2009. Prevail.