Renewal Poem by Gabrielle Ciarann Roniyah Baer

Autumn is an odd time
really
for starting over
yet here I am again

As the world falls asleep,
as the year dies,
As the Wheel turns,
strangely
I'm alive again

Birthings hard work
I've heard midwives say
some do
and some don't survive

What then can a spirit in labor
do
to stay alive?

Everything's the same,
yet changing,
Everyone seems glad,
yet strained, confused,
gods know life's
forever rearranging
Why don't I just
get used to the refrain,
dear Muse?

I must remember
dreams are always worth it
I must recall
that worry can't prepare
I choose again
to build a life
the way I planned it
long since

I reach out once more,
sure that you are there
and there you are, again.


written in October,1999