Haiku 23

Summer Solstice Ritual

(Umbra.)

Waxing and gibbous
The moon swelling to fullness
In the folds of night.

(Penumbra.)

Indigo shadows
On eyelids, streaks of glimmer
Black rims of lashes.

(Antumbra.)

The Wheel of Seasons
Sun stands still, begins to bow.
The Summer Solstice.

GL, 6/21/2010. Prevail.