Fire’s heat
has filled the stones,
lulled our bones,
defended and defined our home

The rain has likewise
owned the outside,
sending its grey waves
across the hills,
softening the earth,
raising the green

Now night has fallen
upon us all,
and we’ll range
through concentric circles
of every here we may remember
or imagine. 

©Wendy Mulhern
October 10, 2023