Bryony Rogers

Otaki Gorge, Otaki, New Zealand

 

 

Bryony has written poetry and prose since her teenaged years.
She has had poems published in magazines such as South and Interfaith Initiative, and, in recent years, a number of poems
published in the Earth Pathways Diaries and Calendars. 

In 2020 she self-published a poetry ebook collection ‘Wilderness Renewal’ and a Prose book ‘The Golden Road: My Journey
with Spirit’. Further information about her work is available at https://www.songofawakening.org.uk.

 

 

Date poem was completed - 14th May 2020

 

 

THIS TIME

 

I stand out

under the black velvet of the night sky.

Stars shine like guides, leading the way to silence

and peace.

 

I breathe deep on the darkness of the Gorge night

and feel my edges expand as the moon

appears over the mountain,

a yellow face,

sharing her light, her song, her being.

 

This time has been

fresh air, the hawk circling in the wide blue,

space and more space, the river roaring,

a resting into a deep still silence and

a coming up anew. The song of

the Tui in the trees behind the cabin and

the pine breeze from the Macracarpa

in the warm sun.

 

I find

myself quieter,

stronger, more sure. I feel at home

in a new knowing

and the space around me.

 

This time, unasked for,

has given me a blessing

and, from it, I know

that All is possible.