What Lilacs Do in Winter

Lilacs in Winter,

sleeping with the dream of springtime and sunshine,

and little blossoms like fairies dancing at a ball...

sweet winter dreams, my lilacs. 

Waking Up to Christmas

The quiet of the morning,

The peace of hot cinnamon and tea,

The choirs of angels singing

In the whispering evergreen tree,

The water murmuring of new joy

As it rushes onto the shore,

The world wakes up to Christmas

And rejoices in Christ once more.

Playing Coy

The misty moon rose in the sky
To meet the winter night
A little coy, she hid her face,
In gauzy filtered light

Tears of Heaven

While heaven wept I hid my eyes

That they might not learn how

But when the sun came out again

It touched each branch and bough

And set each drop of broken heart

To sparkling somehow

So now I don’t hide from the clouds,

I welcome their sweet pain,

I lift my broken heart and let

It catch the sparkling rain.

Leaning on a Friend

Sometimes sorrow cannot be healed

But it can be eased by a friend

A loving shoulder to lean on  

May ease the pain it cannot mend

 

Who's That Tapping at My .... Tree?

A Winter Sea

Find me a place where peace still bides

Beside a winter sea,

A place where sunlight warms the mist,

That’s where to look for me.

For I have spent my time in pain

I’ve drowned in misery

But with the rising of the sun

I’ll sit beside the sea

And all the burdens of the world

Will fall away from me

And leave me like the windswept sea

Ranging wild and free

Reflections of Sorrow

The skies had wept for days and days

With tears that did not end;

They spilled unceasing to the earth

Like sorrows that won’t mend.

And, as the skies wept endless tears,

I stared out through my pane;

Not all the tears reflected there

Were born of winter’s rain.

But then the skies began to clear

As if its tears had dried.

I stepped out in the clearing day

And every tear they’d cried

Had clustered on the branches of

The leafless cherry tree.

Each barren branch glistened with tears,

A sparkling memory.

But as I got a closer look,

Like magic, I could see

That each small drop on every bough

Reflected the whole tree

And suddenly I wondered if

My tears reflected me.

In A Sigh

I hold my breath.

I let the world slip out

Between my lips

In a sigh

I hold my breath.

I let the sorrow settle

Into the water at my feet

With no good-bye

I hold my breath

Frustrations trail away

In the waves white froth

The tears I cry

I hold my breath.

I feel the stillness of the earth

Of the boundless water

Of the deep sky

I breathe out.

The stillness spills in

To fill the spaces now empty

Of sorrow, of frustrations

Of the world I carried

In a sigh

I am Sorrow

I am sorrow and despair

I wail in darkness where no one can hear

For no one will care.

I am anguish and frustration

A failure at everything I’m meant to do

A selfish abomination.

I am heartbreak, I am wrath

I scream against the winds that drown my voice

And destroy the good in my path.

I pound my fists against the walls

That grow thicker with each blow, with each tear

That, in bitterness, falls.

Why do I continue to rise against the storms

Why do I fight for those who fight against me

I will lay down in the hurricane that forms

And be swept into the thrashing sea

I am sorrow and despair

I hear you calling my name, but I am lost

Are you still waiting out there

Winter and Summer

Even in the cold of winter,

Where only darkness grows,

There abides a breath of summer

Beneath the winter snows;

For life sleeps deep beneath the frost,

Swathed in mist and haze,

Where there abides, within its roots, 

The dream of summer days.

Tripped Up in Mid Flight

She caught her hem upon a branch

And bent to draw it free

Instead her hair got tangled in

The branch of that great tree

And what a sight it must have been

For everyone to see

The haughty princess of the night

Snagged up at nape and knee

Winter's Love

In the grayness of the winter

When all the world’s asleep,

My heart drowns in frigid waters;

The cold tears that I weep.

Somewhere in the winter’s darkness

I hear your whispered voice;

You left me on the eve of autumn

And leaving was your choice.

You could have stayed and kept me warm

While snows piled deep and chill,

You left me to warm another

And winter wracks me still

I prayed that you’d return to me

With every tear I cried,

But I know you will not return;

Your love for me has died.

That sweet spot where love first blossomed

Is shrouded in deep snows.

The scars of winter mar its beauty,

For love no longer grows.

And I will not return that way,

Though winter’s snows may melt,

For summer’s sun can never thaw

This bitter cold I’ve felt.

And in the grayness of winter

Your dead love still lives on,

Frozen within my icy heart;

It bides, though you’ve moved on.

Morning Out My Window

I Love It When He Winks At Me

You sit there, looking down on me,

As if you know it all;

Mysterious and secretive

You hold my mind in thrall.

You smile at me and I smile back,

I just can’t help but grin.

And then you slip softly away

And I’m alone again

Where do you go, when you leave me,

And why come back around?

You’re always just out of my reach,

So far above the ground

But still I wait each night to see

Your impish, cheery smile,

My giddy heart leaps up with joy

When we can laugh a while.

Wings and Reflections

I long to sweep above the sea

My wingtips in the foam

I long to rest upon its breast

And call its waves my home

I long to wade the silent strand,

Where summer meets the sea

And watch my still reflection there

As it looks back at me

Mist and Peace

Still the morning, silent the mist
Calm the restless sea
The swift wings of a passing gull
Brush by me silently

Tossed and blown, my shattered spirit
Battered without surcease
Oh, let the quiet misty dawn
Imbue me with its peace

Ducks in the Rain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh look, how darling, ducks in the rain,

Their feet get wet, but they don’t complain

Bobbing for fishies is their delight

But off they fly when they get a fright!!

The Sun Goes Mountain Climbing

 

 

The Last Rose of Summer...

Autmn Leaves

Dinner's On!!

Okay, this blog is becomign TOO Halloween!

The Rhythm of the Winter

It’s cold in my heart and cold in my world

And time appears frozen in rain.

The sun hasn’t shone for a decade or two

And it may never shine again

Rain drums on the roof and taps on the panes,

While the wind chime chatters and whirls

The inlet is frosted with white caped waves

The wind kicks it up in swift swirls

Winter is here and the dark days have come

Its time to just go back to bed

Sleep for a week or for maybe a month,

The covers up over my head

The rain starts to croon a favorite tune

A tune I’ve known many a year

The wind chime will join the melody soon

The harmony ringing out clear

The cold in my heart will begin to thaw

The music will draw out a smile

Laughter will smooth over every flaw

And I’ll hum along for a while

So let the rain dance, let the wild wind blow

Let long winter days settle in

Some things I can’t change, but one thing I know

The winter’s outside, not within!!

The Rains Begin

The rain spilling down her soft cheek
Marked her wrinkles with rivulets
Of sorrow.

Immeasurable agony
Mingling with the rain on her face
As she wept.

Endless and enduring sorrow;
A love, lost even to her dreams,
Still burning.

Will the pain ever cease to tear
At her heart and her weary mind
This side of death?

Will the death of her fading mind
Be enough to silence the pain?
Will it linger?

How cruel is life, how unfair,
If all she remembers of him
Is loneliness?

I listen to the weeping night.
She sleeps and dreams he’s by her side.
And I weep, too.

Halloween Hauntings

Walking in the darkness
A whisper in your ear
Don’t look back, don’t turn around
They might be getting near

Eerie voices in the night
And if you look you’re theirs
Just keep walking, move along
The darkness never cares

Hurry on, just hurry
They’re breathing down your back
Don’t you feel their burning eyes
Just run, they’re on your track

Will you reach the doorway
Before they get to you
For if they take you with them
Your Halloweens are through

Halloween on the Wing

Riding on the wings of darkness
Foreshadowing the night
Coal black feathers like night's heavens
Without hope's bright starlight