The Dream of Snow

The sky shifts colors growing pale with winter light and the wind carries a bite nipping at our skin Breath fogs the sky as we step out into the chill the ground shining like glass beneath unsteady feet The flurries begin their dance across the air bringing the silence of prayer to cover the Earth … Continue reading The Dream of Snow

Turned Around

When the snows came The world had to shift Indoors As the world ran dark Beneath northern lights The tidy paths Of cities Cracked under the pressure Of ice The world sought To reclaim her own As mankind Made his retreat To regroup In the spring thaw A new plan began To turn it all … Continue reading Turned Around

The Medium

In dreams I fly without will carried on wings unseen I stand before the fire in a home unknown as logs break and shower sparks over a stone hearth Snow falls onto the water and trees cast shadows where mysteries die before sunlight The moon shifts the lake into midnight glass a gazing ball holding … Continue reading The Medium

Memory Drift

The carpet is rough Against my cheek The vent humming heat At the tip of my nose I hear my mother In the kitchen  As I stare  From winter windows And the first flake travels The size of my childish hand Sinking to the blankets Hiding the backyard And then the next So large I … Continue reading Memory Drift