Tuesday, April 3, 2012

April 03, 2012
I'm glad it's raining today. Gives me a good reason NOT to go out. This next poem was written about four years ago. Did some rewrites on it. The thing I did receive from the one semester of creative writing was a clearer eye... ability to edit myself. Thanks, OCU. 

I’m as deep as winter snow,
a cold, frosty dream
within a bitter sleep.
My fields are barren now,
no flowers bloom along my cheek,
the sky an even duller gray
and very sad to say
I don’t remember summer
in my  heart.

Crow shadows haunt my path, these days.
Dark thoughts carried in black beaks.
Whistling up the graveyard’ skirt,
a chilly kiss which lingers on the lips
like yesterday.

I miss the sun, warm winds,
the sound of young girls
 jogging across the park,
I long to hear a dog bark.
I miss the rustling of sparrow
wings along the windowsill
and, yes, still, I think of you.—rrw 12-20-08
                                              (rewritten on 4-3-12)


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