Somewhat Winter

It leaves behind nature’s complexities

And slows life to only the essential

The air suspending the minimum necessities

As if Winter is prudential

The atoms spin less fervently

The air vacated of sound and scent

The world moving less urgently

Simple warmth brings content

Frigid air blows a red-tailed hawk

And rattles branches of sticks together

Brown leaves crackle and crunch as I walk

While my ears and cheeks get redder

A hint of snow in the air whispers through my nose

While the palm tells my eyes it’s not true

Memories of places where the waters froze

Bring back a white covered view

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2017

JArtB