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Cold Brightness

The weather seemed better from the day before

While the sun was backed by low clouds,

And the wind was getting a brisk touch,

The cold on the fringe, the snap of a finger,

The feeling could all be turned round,

The snow, piling the roadways

Feeling it not far from here,

With November upon us (November can you believe?)

And Christmas, that 'time of the year'

Each date, each principal, each feeling of time

Passes quick and full and blows by like the breeze

With a smile for the things you can do,

A happy feeling for the things you will do

A snag, but a feeling of 'I tried' with the things you cannot do,

All this, all these, all of it wells inside you and feels

Like the rush of the wind on a blustery day

With a feeling that somewhere, home, you know it's there

One can feel, your words, your skin, your heart

And can feel it with a smile,

Can feel it with a warmth, and a protective arm

Can wrap around you, and in the silence,

You know, it is there.

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ralph-e-peck
60 / M / American
Published
Nov 30, 2011
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