Double Star

(Mayberrie’ series)

.

Usually in the hills

she found her peace

but now the crows

were clamoring

above her head,

Let go!  they squawked,

Move on, move on!

 .

She raised her hand

for them to stop.

Sometimes the past

flips upside down

and turns into the future

no matter all the shouts

of otherwise.

A wizard taught her this.

 .

She leaned against a fallen tree

and fell into a reverie

of mystic meadow,

bluest sky

beyond corporeality

and there

she found him waiting.

 .

He laid his sword

upon the ground,

the battle won,

no more to hide.

Their hearts grew full

of silver light

entwined in mutual orbit.

 .

When she awoke

the day had turned

to shadowed night.

The crows had flown

and all was quiet

on the path

that took her home,

while high above, unnoticed

there shined a double star.

.

© 2012  Betty Hayes Albright

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