Twinkling specks of silver surround us
On this bitter, January night
Our docs battle through powdered snow
As we swim across the sea of white

Fire burns warm in Tess' eyes
As a smile catches across her lips
The magical flames fliker bright
At the touch of her fingertips

We applaud as it performs for us
It's a dancing red lady
Teasing the twigs and sparkling sticks
It's allure drives the forest crazy

As time cartwheels fast ahead
Our beloved crimson mistress dies
Though this little evening adventure
Has made us feel, so very alive.

I clasped my hands
Got on my knees
Closed my eyes
Took a deep breath
And started:

"Dear Lord, hear me pray
My days are going in grey
With nothing more to say
As people have turned away
Am left with grief and pain
Mostly depressing insane
I have no one by my side
So I clasped my hands to abide
And talk to you as you are my guide
I may have done wrongs and lied
But I am your child and for me you died
I ask for forgiveness for the sins
As the dark angels gained their wins
For I confide in you my savior
Please forgive me for my bad behavior
You are the only one that I trust
Others cause my brain to rust
I ask for your blessings
Dear Lord, so the dark angel can stop messing
My life I surrender to you
You are the one
You are my guru
I ask thee for guidance
Amen!"

I kept sitting in the position
And thought of my situation
I smiled away
As my savior showed me the way...


©sim

On a golden bedding
Spread for you by June -
Silken, fresh tedding
Beneath a sluggish noon .
Ah! Your fragrant silhouette
In a blink of my eye!

But we are in the winter
Now,
The time to surrender
To the stories that unfold
Of the children and the old
Adding cold to cold
Around a hearth of clay

As I look through the window pane
I glimpse a scarlet tourist train
Across the scintillating snow
Coloring the leaden no-show
That shut him out from the rainbow.

Oh! Your fragrant silhouette
On a summer wheat show!


© LazharBouazzi, January 21, 2018