Nativity raised
Bathed in soft blue light, I ask,
" Mary, did you know!"
Nancilynn Saylor
8 December 2017
Tag: dark morning sky
Another broken morning
They did not know
when they brushed their teeth and washed their Sunday morning faces …
To join with their friends in worship
To be in a house of the Lord
As they filed into their small white
unassuming, country church
greeting each other with smiles on a bright Central Texas day
Men shaking hands
Women nodding to one
another or hugging
Maybe slipping recipes to a neighbor
before worship service was called
By the organist's opening notes.
Teenagers cast glances at their friends in other pews and innocent smiles…
No, they did not know
as they gathered together this day,
a monster lingered near.
©Nancilynn Saylor
5 November 2017
“Ain’t it foggy outside…”
Wet fog blankets air
Swirls and dances in headlights
Deer family steps back…
©Nancilynn Saylor
1 November 2017
Raindrops are falling
In pre-dawn darkness,
thunder rumbles, rains move through.
Northern breezes blow.
Nancilynn Saylor
22 October 2017
It’s a turned down day
Dappled gray morning sky
Beyond the curtained window
Tufted titmice feed.
© Nancilynn Saylor
20 October 2017
Picture: view from my chair
Fatigue
Dawn, not yet broken,
I awaken early;
birds yet to chirp
or coffee to perk.
I feel as if I never slept in my
dream wracked night.
It is still dark!
I yawn…
already, needing a nap…
