from the cold blinding reality

brrrr it's cold ya'll

gazing from round cathedral window panes

is the roof dusted of partial candy swirl

as snow doesn't seeth while casting itself

in granules of crystal pearls

and where it sits the sting wishes to find me

glistening amongst the branches

stiffening up the season

coziness and gratitude sends warmth

blessing my toes

where it doesn't cover there's lounges and a robe

cups of bush tea with magazines on tables

happy is security of a pen having fair

to whisk me away when I can't ride from this chair

only day skipping and pondering

envisioning a scene that isn't mine

so I'll keep wandering and staring from a view

I'm privileged to incline

Reviews

[Cassie]

I love the imagery you have put here, I enjoyed reading. thank you for the RR

[Shirlena]

Oh thank you for your time Cassie.

[David Scott]

Knowing it is a gift or a privileged to even know cold and pain is a strong place to view the world from. This vantage point allows you to learn and grow. It also allows you to find a warmth to kindle...
Very lovely winter poem Shirlena.
I am happy to have read this.

[Shirlena]

Thank you David...I was hoping to bring some warmth from the cold to anyone who read it :)

[Shaquana Adams]

glistening amongst the branches
stiffening up the season
coziness and gratitude sends warmth
blessing my toes

I enjoyed the image this poem creates. I too can appreciate the privilege.

[Shirlena]

Thank you Shaquana for dropping by and leaving a review. I think imagery is key so I'm happy I left something to peak your imagination with :)

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

I love how you can take two elements, like religious imagery and cold, and explore them so well. It is like a piece written as a duet for two instruments. Both instruments know their place an come in and go out at just the right moments. Together they create a scene so vibrant and frigid that we can feel it in our bones. The sting of the cold is piercing into the warmth of home, but you can take the chill off with your positivity and warmth and exploration from the pen and paper you keep handy. Wherever you have your mind, you have a story you can tell of a far off land where you can be warm...It may not be "your" scene, but you are self aware enough to be privileged to enjoy it! Truly a blessing!

[Shirlena]

Thank you Robby...and you are all over this one, understanding the concept of making the best out of a situation. It's just to darn cold...we are just not used to this type weather in Atlanta.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Wow, yeah, that doesn't sound like Atlanta to me!!! I remember being there in the blazing summer, seeking shade from the beautiful big trees covered with Spanish moss, but the humidity rising like steam off the pavement. Crazy it should be cold there!

[Shirlena]

Yes, it is very different for this city but the polar vortex got everybody this year it seems.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Very different weather we have been having this year. California hasn't had a drop of rain except the one tiny sprinkle we had a couple nights ago. That is all the rain we have had this year so far, and all Fall and Winter!

[Shirlena]

I thought California would be sunny and warm or at least warmer.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Well, there has been a mix of temperatures but not of rains. Just dry...and weirdly so. I'm okay with it, but I do think there are limits to what the state can handle and we are pretty much there.

[Sami Khalil]

Being somehow on a snow vacation or a spa window relaxed in a robe and slippers losing yourself in a good book skipping and pondering on life in your own priviledged imagination...A splendid read and write...:)...............

[Shirlena]

I had to do something to try and make it better...it's so cold right now :). Thanks Sami.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome..:)...................

[J Todd Underhill]

Ah the type of day that wrapping up in a warm quilt with pen and pad to create. I love those days. You make the reality you want with your pen and pad while trapped in winters bitter grasp. Well penned poetess!

[Shirlena]

I would be remiss if I didn't express how cold this country is all over right now so thank you for your appreciate of it J.