shiver

I watched the golden leaves
shiver and fall into messy piles
my cool hands gathered them
into bags under cobalt sky
 
now I watch falling snow
blanketing those limbs
that were once full of life
my heart is cold but is
looking towards spring

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #144: Shivering!

soft hands

with soft hands
she wiped away my tears
a simple kiss
she could heal all wounds
a magic only mothers have

- Written for Twiglet #262 - soft hands

muse

you were once my muse
I wrote love poems
collecting them in journals
your brown eyes enchanted
me to words across pages
 
in time your magic faded and
I have found new daydreams
still once a blue moon
my mind drifts back to you

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #143: Muses Cues

first snow day

it is the first snow day of the year and
I have to leave my warm apartment
I brush off inches of snow off the car
after hours of falling snowflakes
the coldness seeps through my boots
and into my frigid feet and toes
I try to clear the car in a hurry
before my fingers begin to tingle
I slowly pull out of my parking space
with a prayer all the way to my destination

- Written for Twiglet #260 - sluggish weather