AprilDawn

AprilDawn Feb 2015

flexes
a choke hold
on our icy  slice
of the world
tonight's
  snowstorm
still a dicey
proposition
at least
some evenings
will be  wrapped in
rose colored glasses
as the sun passes
the horizon

this weather we are having....

#vernalequinoxorbust

AprilDawn Feb 2015

Whiplash

They ran past me
at breakneck speed
to capture
those
last minute
trinkets
of love
I never cared
much for anyway
until I no longer
had them
to look
forward
to

Grocery store Feb 13 ,2005 . Widowed almost 3 years at this point .Almost being run over by this mad rush of husbands and boyfriends buying their last minute Valentine Day stuff for their sweethearts .I was both aggravated by the stampede , while simultaneously feeling a cold wind whipping through me and a gnawing ,empty hole inside my heart. The lack of cheap chocolate hastily procured on my behalf ,impacted me more than even I had presumed it would..

#invisablewoman

AprilDawn Feb 2015

De ja vu

the sky
drizzles
our dinner sizzles
so tired of this
retched soggy
season
some well rounded wine
a good reason
to take the edge off
today's blah-di-da
the dog comes in
muddy
again
I just know
he's going to be
extra
muddy paw friendly
to his mama

Today ...in poem form !

#warmstewcoldmudday

AprilDawn Jan 2015

Drained

your absence
runs through me
in puddles
of mud
I long for your lightest
caress
just yesterday
sunlight mirrored
your crystal clear
intent
to dress me
in the
whitest
gossamer shimmers
desolate winds
now
rebuke my memories
the slightest freezing rain
brings back
glimmers of hope
that our brief
entanglement
was no mere
fluke

We had a brilliant fluffy snow just a few days back,lit by the sunlight our whole winter world shimmered again.It melted and the drab muddiness depressed me slightly.This tree longing for it's snowy lover sprang to my mind this afternoon.Slight rhyme scheme too ...

#snowytreehugger

AprilDawn Jan 2015

Reach

for the sky
limbs  held high
swirling  sunset
draped like a  cape
  about  rigid shoulders
finally
that   velveteen  night
sprinkled  with  ghost stars
hides your  frozen frame
for a few tame
hours
until  the haze
of morning
streaked
with  a tiny   tease
of  sunlight
highlights
your barren offering
Spring  seems so
far away
you stand firm
against
the naked elements
drawing
graceful patience
from
age old roots
in the slumbering soil
raising hopes
sky high
for an early
vernal equinox

Jan 24,2015 I do so love the easy elegance of leafless trees at late fall and winter as they highlight the coldest of seasons . The anticipation of spring is always joyous.

#bareeleganceofnakedtrees

AprilDawn Jan 2015

Ravenous

lanky lovelies
strut their stuff
on the runway
the latest  fashions
wrapped around
those  hungry bones
stalking  the lime light
vividly visible
to any and all
who's  fleeting favor
is  enough
for starving
  souls  to feast

was going for the winter trees starving for leaves but somehow fashion model poetry came out !

#lookatme

AprilDawn Jan 2015

Morning Glory

down the hill
over the train tracks
through the  abandoned
farmer's market
parking lot
past  last fall's  crispy
refugees
follow the stark tree lines
right up to
those normally plain
windows
glimmering   golden
   like stained glass
with sunrise
painting every pane
on  God's house
  on the hill

Letting the dog out the front door early one morning last week , I was entranced by the sun rising.It's been so drab and gray this year . The light play on the windows of that church on the hill parallel from us was so wonderful .No photo could have done it justice.

#goldenmorningglory