Incensed
written by: Ingrid Wilson
@Experimentsinfc
Incensed
by all the cruelties of
the current year:
The deaths, unkindnesses
and souls locked in by fear
I cultivated
inner light/and lit
a flame in mind;
burned incense
at the altar of
human kindness and
tried to share
words with a world
in isolation yet
somehow connected
like never before
this year
abandoning
commercialism
I hope
to recapture that spirit
of magic, thanksgiving and light
which I recall from childhood:
heady, incense-scented
burning boldly
Christmas-candle-bright.
Ingrid Wilson
JAN/FEB 2021 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Ingrid is a writer and independent publisher via her publishing house Experiments in Fiction. She published Amazon-bestselling poetry anthology 'Wounds I Healed' in June 2022, and is to publish the first solo poetry collection by Jeff Flesch, 'Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow,' on 1 September 2022. Her own work has been published widely both online and in print, and she was nominated for Spillwords Author of the Year 2021. You can find out more about her work and publishing activities at her website - Experiments in Fiction.
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