A LONG WINTER
It's another year of long winter
Snowflakes drifting as I slumber
It snows throughout the whole night
Strong winds blow the thin light
From a candle lamp
Standing ajar
On table
Nearby
Me.
Dark
And cold
There's no light
From a burning
Fire in the furnice
There's no chopped wood in sight
In this empty old cabin
As storms are raging and flinging
Even the fiercest spirit takes fright.
Out in the woods the howling winds stop
It must be getting tired, perhaps
The relentless snow, slowing
When the moon comes shining
To shed light, to warm
My dear old cabin
And stranger
Who takes
Shield.
Beams
Of light,
Morning bright,
I yawn in chills
Of winter fresh smells
Coming out from log fires
Near by the woods with camp fires
Deers, rabbits, squirrels are herding
While old grizzly bears, hibernating.
©Leah C. Dancel
Copyright©December 26, 2021
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Winter in the North Pole
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