Why does one love this winter?

Frigid feelings

Ossify then crumble

In a snowfall

Putrid before the bloom

 

The spring trees swing bare

And stripped branches stare

Follow with hollow sounds of dry love

Why…

…does one love this winter?

 

Dreams wait to thaw

Like those that nightmares awaken

As one huddles, covered by woven warmth

And not that of another’s heart

 

It is the lonely winter that love settles

Only the coldest souls beyond one’s druthers

And the wit of warmth and the breeze from the bay

Fall short the life of a lover from the teeth of its prey

 

The brittle pain of frost

And the gnaw of the North

This season never dies

But always longs to be lost

Why does one love this winter?

Reviews

[Frieda P]

Oh I like this one a lot...you wrapped your pen around the season and relationships icy hot intentions all in one fell swoop.

It is the lonely winter that love settles
Only the coldest souls beyond one’s druthers
And the wit of warmth and the breeze from the bay
Fall short the life of a lover from the teeth of its prey

Outstanding stanza....& don't look at me, sick of winter in more ways than one.

[koty bell]

alot of imagery comes to mind excellent write:)

[Christie Moses]

oh i felt this one deeply. Painfully beautiful.