It is a quiet night, the air is still.
The chill of winter touches each pane.
Under a streetlight's gentle beam,
snowflakes twirl in a silent dance.
The street lies muted,
a figure moves slowly.
His steps quietly crunching
in the blanket of snow.
What is this echo
of a forgotten ache
that stirs my heart,
making it fluster?
Why does my mind drift
to a southern place
where magnolias bloom
in ornate bunches?
Petals soft
against dark green leaves,
a scene of spring
that warms the thoughts.
These snowflakes drift in gentle arcs.
From darkness they come,
to darkness return.
Within me a sudden start,
and swells and soars to every part?
As winter's grip tightens,
spring seems distant.
Yet in my soul, there shines a star.
A silent hope in the frost's embrace,
of warmer days and kinder space.
The snow keeps falling, night wears on.
In my thoughts, a springtime dawn.
Though winter reigns with icy hands,
in dreams of bloom,
my heart still stands.
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Author:
crypticbard (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: The fight goes on against seasonal affect …
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Lovely poem literally brimming with vibrant imagery...definitely deserves to be a fave!
Seasonal yet with greater metaphoric importance it speaks to all that find themselves in the winter of despair with hopes for a better day. Lovely Cryptic
Indeed it does! arqios, this feels hushed and deeply felt. The stillness carries that quiet winter weight, and the ache beneath it is unmistakable. That fight you name…it’s right there in every drifting thought. I VERY MUCH relate to this, my dear friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
A fine write A. Ahh, wishing for snow at 38C or thereabouts? The temperature I mean, not the lines of latitude on a map. But you is in Summer now! lol.
Those blooms will soon be with you Rik.
Andy
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