winter solstice

12/17/2003 12:37 PM

it was only just yesterday
sun beamed and so did i
from shore to shore
i laughed

these woods are grey
and frozen thin
the sun behind greasy clouds
oily winds bruise their skin
while desperate fingers point to the sky
the sky, the sky it whirls about
with the sad look of caution

this winter is catching
and in my bones
i feel chill

and i've hid this all along
a deep cold inside my wound
it keeps it from pain or healing

and you've harboured this all along
a cold winter inside your smile
i wonder when frost first burned you

and you've known this all along
inside you're beautiful as falling snow
afraid, so afraid to be trampled on

i know

it was only yesterday
sun beamed and so did you
from shore to shore
you laughed
it was only just a memory
not a moment to keep as mine
in a pile of photographs
saved from every fire

but winter comes, fires burn
spring comes, seasons turn

and maybe
only maybe
frost thaws
sun smiles
and so do we

but i suppose
that is up to you
and me