Icicle Season

The blue of the winter time

Has rest its head on the

Weary earth

Blooming the snow and wind

That covers the ground

From head to toe

From the season of fall

Bursts the icicle season

Falling in the snow piles

On the ground below

Waiting for the sun to glow

Over the shimmer of fresh

Fallen

Snow

Quintessential

The quintessential

Excuse

To avoid the words

That could resound

In the nature of the ear

Make sense of the confusion

The highest of honors

Takes the back seat

These days

For other types of

Pursuits

Both silly and unusual

So I hold hope

For a solid

Return

Ineffable

With the greatest of proclamations

The ineffable joy

That is felt from the purest of loves

Born on the earth

From one human heart to the next

I exalt this freedom

From the lowest valley

On the deepest dark day

I have hope for more

To be birthed

With true life

Resilient

In the face of snow

Winter bearing down

The forest thrives

In the winter ice

Giving life

Well under the ground

In a moment of doubt

I take heed from the trees

That have no leaves

In the depth of

Winter

Division

The divides

Magnified

By lies

But when the truth

Is spoken

In a hushed town

The sails are left

Empty

For the truth

Does not need to hide

The lies

Have to avoid the

Exposure

To our eyes

Ephemeral

The fleeting sand

Moving through the timepiece of life

Life is simply

Ephemeral

Taking the time that I have

And using it

With a certain fire to stoke

As the world spins

Around

I find the hope

Of a fleeting glance

Serendipity

Is it a pre ordained sequence

Or a type of chemistry

That plays out

When the light

Hits a certain

Curb

In my eyes

That I remember a previous time

The serendipity

In that connection I feel

Close to the

Life that I live

New York City

How long has it been

Since I have smelled the roasting

Chestnuts

In the square

Taking in the lights

As the night approaches

The city I remember

Every ounce of living

On those streets

I miss what I knew

At a time when

City life

Was for

Me and you