Hopes and wishes Winter kisses Snowflakes in your hair Pine and holly Spirits jolly Good will in the air Each year this season Another reason For time with those we love As stars shine bright All through the night Their light falls from above So be of good cheer As we gather here In the … Continue reading Winter Kisses
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On These Cloudy, Overcast Days
On these cloudy, overcast days The grey flows down from above like rain Pouring over and seeping deep within All that can be seen From the tallest buildings in the heart of downtown To the fields and trees lining the windswept interstate The mind wanders And with it The unfolding events of the afternoon Stumbling … Continue reading On These Cloudy, Overcast Days
The Passage of Time
Oh, how relentless, the passage of time As leaves once green with the warmth of the summer sun now fade and fall And a chill pervades the air we draw from the dim stillness How I remember the days we first shared The crisp crackle of frozen snow beneath our feet And the howling of … Continue reading The Passage of Time
First Snow
The first snow Has already came and went The white flakes gone once more Melted away into the soft earth Now we're waiting Just waiting on another season To blow through our lives Taking with it The warmth of the summer sun To be replaced with The long winter nights
On the Remnants of What Has Come Before
So now we move From the warmth of summer days To the cool chill of autumn evenings As the leaves on the trees begin to lose their color And fall to the Earth once more We proceed Hand in hand Towards a new horizon Each and every day Leaving behind The seasons that have passed … Continue reading On the Remnants of What Has Come Before
In What Comes After the Storm
Now the days grow short And the sun sleeps Resting As I often wish I could Preparing For the coming freeze The leaves begin to drop from their branches Leaving behind All that they have ever known Twisting and drifting in their descent Until at last they lay to rest upon the cool earth At … Continue reading In What Comes After the Storm
Summer
This piece was written in collaboration with Blackbird. Blackbird: I don’t know why Summer makes me Feel so meloncholy. People around me Rejoicing in sunshine Relax, enjoy, love In the summertime. Fresh cut grass Sprinklers and sunsets Make my heart Swell to my throat. Though some of my Fondest memories Were in the summer. Why … Continue reading Summer
Even as the Ashes
Even as the ashes Of the life you once knew Fall around you like thick blankets, Be at peace; They will keep you warm in the coming winter. When the spring returns And the thaw has driven the freeze away once more, The last of that which was will be carried off by the melt … Continue reading Even as the Ashes
On a Grand Scale
To give is to receive Life Can be made To hold meaning Beyond that which any words could capture For value is derived Not inherent Defined at will By those that conceive it Time is much the same In that our only evidence of it's existence Are it's effects observed Perceived and interpreted Within a … Continue reading On a Grand Scale
Why Must the Past Persist?
Why must the past persist, if this is the present and there is nothing we can do to change what was? Why do we look back and see what we had when we know full well that there a limitless future ahead of us with so many opportunities just waiting to be seen and pursued? … Continue reading Why Must the Past Persist?
