Michael Edwards

IDYLL

IDYLL

 

As winters curfew takes its leave

from mournful biting winds that blow

the night time sky removes its casque.

 

And bringing forth quiescent warmth

the lowest beams of winter’s sun

cast natures spectral shadows wide.

 

Well hidden there from cursory view

the roofs below perceived through mists,

a place where honest people live.

 

A people who in life well versed

with work and song which time divides

and never shamed by false report.