The winter winds blow far and near
I hear the sounds upon my ear
Windows rattle, panes gather frost
I hope my woolies won’t get lost.
The icy branches crackle so
Beware to those who pass below
The limbs of trees all striking bare
Does leave no warmth for all to share.
Oh winter, have you come to stay
I’m wishing that you’ll go away
With all the troubles that we see
Let’s pray that we remain snow free !
The breaking dawn moves through the trees
Snowflakes do fly on chilling breeze
It’s time to bundle up today
And find a place that’s warm to stay.
The winter winds are brash and buff
And all made of God’s icy stuff
The season has turned rough and cold
As each day chances to grow old.
We all need keep our feet quite dry
If we are hoping to get by
Each day does bare it’s hoary breath
Take care, none dare to challenge death !
Can you hear winter winds break through the trees
With frozen breath and chill, an instant freeze ?
I hear the crackling ice, it falls away
Reminds us weather changes day by day,
It sort of vacillates and jumps about
Exposing purpose, choice, free will and doubt.
So let us now our precious chances take
Pray God we’ve no more branches left to break !
Gone from all sight are the autumn leaves
We hear the wind, it attacks the eaves
The ice does crackle across each lawn
A small sparrow chirps, move on, it’s dawn.
The clouds are laden in shadowed sky
Let’s pray this storm quickly passes by
It’s the time of year the branches break
While plants that sleep have too much at stake
Tis the moment all must carry on
Since we have spring to depend upon !
I see the frost upon the bough
I know the weather’s colder now
It seems the winter has appeared
Clad in its ever bright white gear!
The clock that’s on my kitchen wall
Marks time through winter, spring and fall
While summer days may melt away
To leave behind each yesterday
With warmth to hasten any claim
To love or joy or hope or fame !
I’ve trudged among the trees where winter breezes blow
Shuffled through the streets piled high with new fallen snow
Lingered in the shelter of tall buildings nearby
Silent as particles of snowflakes gently fly.
There is certain quiet that I appreciate
Appearing only after the hour has grown late
And so it is in winter we place dreams on hold
All’s impossible in this never ending cold !
Now here it is, tis come at last
That cold and windy winter’s blast
With ice and snow and crippling sleet
For who can manage on his feet ?
The chill invades most everywhere
How will the birds take to the air,
The squirrels nestled in their dens
Will shiver much before this ends.
While all God’s creatures in the yard
Must find the going rather hard
Dear Lord above, please hear our plea
And save us from calamity !
Today I’d rather stay in bed
And pull the covers o’er my head
I won’t adventure from my room
Except to make food to consume.
I can’t recall when last I heard
That global warming was absurd
Right now I don’t mind where I go
As long as it is void of snow !
The winter winds of change creep round the bend
As late fall exits after summer’s end
The icy gray grip of frosty morning
Is the master of each daily dawning.
I hear the cold sounds rasp upon my ear
Increasing as the year end grows quite near,
Oh to join that moving mass exodus
And escape this winter’s freeze and excess !
The morning wakens with each dawn
And tiptoes round with trepid yawn
The air is chill and blows intense
Against this frost we’ve small defense.
When Mother Nature throws a fit
We always get the worst of it
She is a force beyond the will
Of those who fight her cold and chill.
I cannot wait till she moves on
And we succumb to springtime’s charm
A welcome change to all we’ve seen
This endless winter’s snowy scene !
A crystal glaze now hugs the ground
And covers all the streets around
Each glossy surface seems to be
Surrounded by infinity.
It stretches out before the eyes
This world of white shines with surprise
One cannot see the end of it
No edge or seam, no not a whit !
Too soon today will greet the night
While morning will renew the sight,
The silence reigns with each new day
Oh winter freeze, please go away !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 