Under thick blankets 

Never let the fire die 

Until the morning 

Inbetween showers 

We make a quick dash for home

Skipping round puddles 

The harder you try

To pull these fingers apart 

The faster they stick

On the southern slopes

Meltwater washes my face

Winter turns to spring 

When all you have left 

Is happiness in memories

Can you enjoy them?  

Sliding on blue ice

All my worries melt away

I become the skis

And now we part ways

To the same destination 

In parallel lines 

Trying to focus 

On the good things that I have

Not those that I’ve lost

I landed head first 

An ostrich can hide himself 

In mountains of snow 

A winter comet

Burns low in the Eastern sky

There is so much space 

I found an escape 

Although only in my mind 

I grow wild and free

Put me in a box

Seal it up with packing tape

Send me to the moon

Knots in my stomach 

Fingers tremble and curl up

As the autumn leaves 

Carried off away 

By slowly rising wood smoke

To just disappear 

Like a hedgerow mouse

Curled up into a tight ball

As small as can be

Dusky blue shadows 

Spread across evening tree trunks 

The days are longing 

As our voices rise 

They join and blend together 

A self saucing song

As each cells divides

Like tracing pencil outlines 

A life slowly forms 

Face without shadows

Burn brighter waxy snow moon

Your heart is warmest

Inside winter nights

We squeeze these long happy days

With nothing but words 

From the dying sun

Hidden in a brazen sky

A refiners fire

From a tiny seed

Giant canopies flourish 

If the bright sun shines

Never ending rain

Rattles ripple through my brain 

Now back home again