In the winter of our lives there is still love…

I asked you this morning how you felt
Though I already knew the answer
You smiled and gave me eggs and sausage
I did not need to ask for them

A man that does nothing to stop evil becomes its ally…

Three times we’ve watched you
Gun down our kings in the streets
Now you’ve placed our crown
Upon the brow of a fool

I’ve seen your blackness rape the
Light from good men’s souls
And pierce their hearts
With frozen arrows of anger

Yet still we do nothing but sit
Idly by as your raging
Winds push hatred deeper
Into the cracks of the world

A last glance through tearful eyes
As you vanished into the past
Taking with you my childhood

You were alone and silent
Beneath your lambent glow
A pillar of hope against the darkness

I will always remember you
Encased in a bubble of murky light
My oasis, my haven shielded from the world

You taught me to love
To forgive, to hope, to dream
You gave me courage

You showed me the questions
Gave me freedom to act
Allowed me to make mistakes

You will live a long and prosperous life
In my heart and memories
Goodbye my dear friend.

Violent walls of black drift across cobalt skies

Trees twisted and mangled by turbulent wind

Rain in sheets of glass from heavens rush

Rivers fill with natures eroding water

In the silent aftermath,

Birds sing to a shining sun

Colts and calves dance in green pastures

Frolicking to the new days tune.

Young lives sacrificed to winter’s survival

Fields of brown saddened by missing hooves

Empty schools fill with sighs of freedom lost

Empty hearts break as love moves on

Green seas turn gold and brown

Trees explode with kaleidoscope colors

Anticipated fruit fills empty jars

New found lovers fill empty hearts