Winter

A Poem

Winter, winter, where are your leaves?

Billowing blossoms and nests within trees?

Why do you hide the most precious of sights?

The music and lullabies of birds taking flight?

Oh winter, harsh winter, so cold and so dim…

Reaching out for me…yes, biting within.

I hide in shadows of fire dancing on logs,

Under blankets and pillows, alone to my thoughts.

Oh winter, long winter, your days will soon end.

The sun will appear with life once again.

My waiting and sighing will be overturned,

by dancing and singing for spring has returned.

I will bask in the sunshine when all things are new,

The frost is no longer, replaced now by dew.

Winter, winter it seemed long ago,

That my heart seemed frozen in time by your snow.

But alas I have found a new strength and new zeal,

For far beyond winter is spring time’s appeal.