Candy cane watercolors

 

A Christmas sunrise
paints my horizon
in candy cane watercolors
as I stare to the north
through barren branch silhouettes
reaching for a peppermint sky

And though I am awake,
shivering in December's chilled breeze,
breathing in the silence
of the dawning day,
I dream...of you

Reviews

[Ana B.]

Magical and romantic! Loved it.

[willweb]

Thank you so very much Ana.

[anne]

Lovely...a beautiful read....:))

[willweb]

Thank you so much Anne.

[Rita L. Sev]

I enjoyed the sensory images you employ here, Will - makes me want the season to last a bit longer!

[willweb]

Thanks so much Rita...see if you feel the same way around the end of February when you are saying under your breath...that damn Will. :)

[Einstein Noodle]

colors, scent, nature and cold .. all rolled into one .. to have this longing for someone not present o simply not yet awake can be a fine connection ... or unrequited love .. i prefer the former myself .. i am too old for unrequited ;) short and fully packed .. nice one for me Will!
E.

[willweb]

Thanks so much E. It was a beautiful morning to stare at the rising sun wondering why I was staring at it alone.

[Ruth]

The landscape a beautiful and breathtaking vision, yet love...blinds us all...superb! xo

[willweb]

Thank you so much, it was a beautiful sunrise that morning.

[R Smith]

lovely work Will, such a lyrical verse, i hope she reads it to :)

[willweb]

Thanks so very much Richard. Just some poetic observations of the morning I witnessed.

[MomzillaNC]

Very sweet… :)

[willweb]

Thank you so much MomZ

[MomzillaNC]

yw :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Deeply romantic but with a plunging neckline of sadness that leaves feelings of the brutal frostbite of a lonely soul!

[willweb]

Thanks so much John. It was a beautiful and very peaceful Christmas morning and the sunrise inspired me. Lonely, perhaps, but sometimes that's not a bad thing.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I agree as I have spent many hours there.

[s y e]

Ohhhh, so warm and beautiful, sweet Will. I truly loved this one, such a gorgeous poem written from the heart. Just what we need to read on a chilly December's night.

[willweb]

Thank you so much Noodlebumble. I am happy this one warmed you.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

I hope it's a warm dream, or a dream that will warm you. The Christmas sunrise here was also in water, raindrops keel falling on my head this morning. My youngest sun is going skiing and there was no snow in France, just got an sms that it had begun to snow, so I guess christmas has many faces. I think I like yours. :) Rudi

[willweb]

I hope he got his snow for his skiing trip. Thank you so very much Rudi.