Cat In The Moonlight

My Willow comes to the bedside and the moonlight halves

her little upturned face into light and shadow.

The moonlit eye beseeches me to invite her up.

The silvering of her fur accentuates the line of her flanks

and her feline beauty.

I pat the bed and, in an instant, she alights beside me

and curls up in contentment.

2017

(from the book Discoveries In The Dark by Doris Potter)

© Doris Potter

Frost

 

Frost upon a window pane

Obscures a view of the mundane

And paints instead a vivid scene

Of forests cool in ice blue sheen.

And though the frost, in melting, will

Erase all trace of forests ... still,

It is for now a lovely view

No matter that it is not true.

2021

(from the book Discoveries In The Dark by Doris Potter)

© Doris Potter

Blue Butterflies

 

Flecks of blue sky floating down on powdered wings

flutter around my feet and, as I bend,

around my face.

Flitting among the flowers, they later rise again

and blend back into the sky replacing

the tiny missing bits.

2018

(from the book Discoveries In The Dark by Doris Potter)

© Doris Potter

Blue and Gold

 

The cerulean vase sits

bathed in soft light
from a nearby window –

Its gleaming beauty

wrought by skillful hands

with gentle touch.

Yet over time, fractures appear ...

And new hands come

to mend these cracks

with molten gold –

Kintsugi it's called.

Golden seams seal each jagged break,

and glint on azure curves.

Even that which is broken

can still be beautiful.

2020 

(from the book Discoveries In The Dark by Doris Potter)

© Doris Potter