A year of pain ends
And so another begins
Hope kindling again
12/30/2021
As my heart flutters with remembered hurt
And so my eyes recall the curséd scene
My body lights with energy, alert
I am not where I am, but where I’ve been
12/29/2021
Why, when the sun is gone
And the world quiets
And the shadows
Take over
Does my heart slow
My breath soften
To be at last
In your arms?
12/28/2021 – a haiku
If you were a book
I would drink up your pages
Each a thousand times
12/27/2021
To walk through quiet air and cool, soft snow
And hold you close to keep the cold away
To see the far horizon and just go
With you beneath the light of winter’s day
12/25/2021 – snowy morning
I woke beside my slowly-breathing love
And out the window spied the falling snow
The skies were grey and dreary up above
The floors were cold and creaky down below
But then I threw a log onto the fire
And sang a merry tune with loved ones near
And what a morning glad should then transpire
To push away all sadness, hate, and fear
12/24/2021 – a haiku
Sitting by the fire
Surrounded by love (and dogs)
Now just need some tea
12/23/2021 – waking
And in the morning
I will wake
And all that had nestled
In the dark corners of my mind
Will have retreated
For a moment
12/22/2021 – dreaming
Ah, but to look
Out the window
And see
The bright horizons
I have imagined
All my life
12/21/2021 – a haiku
Hurrah for snowfall
And for the deadened echoes
That it brings along
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