December

December came

quick and stealthily

with the crackling of pinecones

underneath my feet

the scent of Juniper

tangy and sweet

and the stillness

in the frigid air

quieting anxiety...

"Shh," it says, "Shh...

delight in the serenity."

-Les'Nspired

I knew it

I knew it when he chose 

to pick himself up and walk away 

to spend time with someone else;

I knew it then 

and it was clear as day 

I was in this world all by myself

November

in November

I reach for me

into the depths

of where I first wailed

and clenched my fists

kicked my legs

and gulped the strangled air

to become

a fighter

but mostly a lover