I like to follow the wheel of the year which stops to notice the changing of the seasons and phases of the solar and lunar cycles, beautiful micro rituals on our journey around the sun. Samhain is celebrated around the 31st October.

Time of shadows 
where distorted light over
furling leaves cast 
unfamiliar patterns
smudging our walls and floors 
Fires flicker in the caverns
embers fly and die 
smoke twists as the past 
drifts in and out of focus 
Ancestors revisit our heart space
our internal caverns fill
with their warmth
Memories are sparked 
even while leaves crinkle 
and crumble in our fingertips 
On this transient night
all is a-flicker 
magic is hiding 
amongst our shadowlands