Raven with Merry Christmas Scroll Gothic Crow Christmas Ornament Witchy Raven Glass Christmas Ornament dragon in a stairwell window recess

in a stairwell window recess

A gold crescent moon overlaps from the right

Hang it deep in the tree where lights sit behind it

so it suits a study

and the cat is not looking at them — it looks straight out

Raven with Merry Christmas Scroll Gothic Crow Christmas Ornament Witchy Raven Glass Christmas Ornament dragon in a stairwell window recessHe unrolled the greeting himself. A raven stands with wings half open, holding a parchment scroll across his body that reads Merry Christmas in blackletter. Both ends stay rolled, tied with red cord, with holly and berries tucked into the ties. He wears a plum collar with a gold chain and a blue stone at the chest. Behind him a full moon hangs over water, the sky dropping from deep blue through magenta to a green marsh edge. The colour runs brighter