Onward
Damaged
Trudging through
Stale gleam
shade
cycled layers
of goldenrod
and crimson carpet
Lain atop
Damp asphalt
and reaching blades
of wild pandemic weeds
Leaves fallen
Like letters
pouring
upon my page
Pale writer
Alone
hardened and temperate
I forge forward
Against the
Season's Fall
Frost carves
My Heart
among
stacked spirits
like lifeless leaves
as death grips
Our global
Holiday folly
abandoned by
Unnecessary Loss
In Winter's fading light
Dreams and plans
maintain
holding patterns
Now
as Arctic glare
shifts
Souls suffer
Hardship and peril
Just survive
Or just let go
Longest nights
taunt us
breaching
horrific tallies
daily
Soon
Solstice brings
The turning
of the Season
welcome New Light
And change
Long step Autumn
We march
Into the next
Stretching shadows
teach
And grow
We hope
with clear
and weary eyes
Trudging across
The fallen
Across the
Crimson Carpet
of Time
as Earthly dreams
and endless voices
are forever silenced
December 11, 2020
Dec 13, 2020
Dec 13, 2020 at 10:23 AM UTC
Onward
Damaged
Trudging through
Stale gleam
shade
cycled layers
of goldenrod
and crimson carpet
Lain atop
Damp asphalt
and reaching blades
of wild pandemic weeds
Leaves fallen
Like letters
pouring
upon my page
Pale writer
Alone
hardened and temperate
I forge forward
Against the
Season's Fall
Frost carves
My Heart
among
stacked spirits
like lifeless leaves
as death grips
Our global
Holiday folly
abandoned by
Unnecessary Loss
In Winter's fading light
Dreams and plans
maintain
holding patterns
Now
as Arctic glare
shifts
Souls suffer
Hardship and peril
Just survive
Or just let go
Longest nights
taunt us
breaching
horrific tallies
daily
Soon
Solstice brings
The turning
of the Season
welcome New Light
And change
Long step Autumn
We march
Into the next
Stretching shadows
teach
And grow
We hope
with clear
and weary eyes
Trudging across
The fallen
Across the
Crimson Carpet
of Time
as Earthly dreams
and endless voices
are forever silenced
December 11, 2020