"Shadows on the Floor"
photo by Isabel Chenot
~ after C. S. Lewis
The shadows on the floor are fluttering like moths
around a dilatory hour's incandescence
till I can almost see the whole—stars, planets wavering like gauze
around the flame, Your essence.
Isabel Chenot’s work has appeared in Spirit Fire Review, Assisi, Avocet,
Indiana Voice Journal, and Blue Unicorn, among other journals. Her books
include West of Moonlight, East of Dawn (her retelling of an old fairy tale)
and The Joseph Tree. Both are available on Amazon, and The Joseph Tree
is also available through Wiseblood Books.
November 2024 issue
I love: "stars, planets wavering like gauze."