Clear, crystalline skies
lit by the Night Beings
that lived so long ago
and still we see their light as though it were
their yesterday
And, now, the beginning
of a tomorrow
that begins
a new season
a new cycle
a new year
Newness,
like the crisp
fresh
frosty
air that startles the senses
Newness that is, itself,
fresh and glistening
in the darkness
of the unknown
©️Kate Cowie Riley 2017