winter

A Gift from a Mother

Posted by Heather's Starting End on January 9, 2014

Posted in: beauty, fun, love, poetry, winter. Tagged: cold, life, mother nature, nature, seasons, sun, warmth, winter. 3 Comments

Mother Nature befriends me
Pretending she‘s Spring
In January, pray tell
Let me ask just one thing:

Has she thrown out of tune
The trees, birds and cold air
Just so that I
Could escape winters glare
Of late day darkness
When sun loses fight
Sets down below
For the bitter of night

Crystal blue is the sky
Lady yellow shines through
Warmth all around
Morning has dew

It’s all wrong
It’s all off
The season has changed
I doubt natures happy
stuck in winters refrain

I won’t tell the Trees, the birds
Not a thing
We’ll whisper them back
In time for true Spring

Should Tomorrow not Come

Posted by Heather's Starting End on December 17, 2013

Posted in: ageing, life, loss, poetry, winter. Tagged: ageing, end, loneliness, poetry, sadness, writing. Leave a comment

So still is the grey frail man
On the edge of the wooden park seat.
Is he reading the book of his life in his mind
Chapters removed for end of life peace?

His hands now shake gently to and fro
Is he writing his last verse?
Scripting it over in his mind
should his body give up first

A last line for today should tomorrow not come
A last line in the park alone
A last line of a day filled with loneliness
In case he is called back home

I’ll Be Going Now

Posted by Heather's Starting End on December 13, 2013

Posted in: life, love, poetry, sadness, Uncategorized, winter. Tagged: alone, life, poetry, sadness, winter. 3 Comments

If I retreat from this world for a little while
Would you miss my face, my attempted smile

Not sure where to go, not sure where I’ll hide
Like evening sunshine entwined in dusks stride
As I struggle to stay up in the sky
A force pulls me down to let time pass by

It is winter now and my bones are so cold
The chill has shifted, casts over my soul
My inner twilight strives to survive
Wants absence from life to keep me alive

I’ll be going now for a little while
I promise to come back soon
So don’t be sad as I walk away
I need to escape my gloom

I’ll go gather strength to rise once more
To come back and shine in life with allure