Submissions by rockyriver

A pine in the woods buried in cold,  
nestled in sugary crystalline snow,  
peeking its needles through glistening ice,  
uncovered by wind-gusts    
sweeping the night.    
Holding beauty in circumstance    
brutally fierce.    
Showing strength found in roots,  
where wind cannot pierce.  
Enduring lifelong,  
standing serene,  
branching out strong,  
it thrives, ever-green.  
 

Snow falling gently
No wind in the dance  
Floating from the sky  
Alighting on each branch  
of every tree once naked  
save for grayish bark  
now dressed in lavish white  
pearls of moonlight in the dark  
I walk through powdered rivers  
leaving rippled trails behind  
The world now is muted  
No blaring sounds remind  
of harshness or entitlement  
Peacefulness surrounds  
our desolation and perverseness  
Placidity abounds  
I inhale the frigid air  
feel the sharpness of its bite   ...

I allow my heart  
to steal my breath    
knowing that    
it seals my death.    
How foolish of    
my heart to dwell    
on words that can't    
give life,     
make well.     
To worship    
words of men    
is folly.     
It serves    
a cadence     
melancholy.    
It's truth    
and light    
I yearn to know.    
My heart deceives    
my path to go    
on tangents dark    
without a light    
to guide direction's    
journey right.    
My mind...