O is for October
Owl, an Ode
Not giving a hoot & giving the boot to ageism
Owl symbolism and meanings include wisdom, intuition, supernatural power, independent thinking, and observant listening. Kristen M. Stanton
Only those who know where to look
or whose habitat too is stillness
observe her — my avatar, my archetype
(okay, my Aspiration) perched
on high, upon a limb of the live oak
obsessed with
outing itself within me.
One with the One spilling
oceans setting –
orange waves drenching green,
oars of red and yellow highlighting
obbligato notes of dew,
of joy reborn even as
October ever more
obdurately
orbits Sister Death’s star.
Odd, this recent diagnosis
of osteoporosis — a crone’s disease.
Old one,
offset my creaky joints with feathers
obeisant, incited by wing-spun
Orion to upsurge –
out-performing predatory
ossified expectations haunting me.
