Above still waters 

Thick vapor slowly stirring 

These forgotten ghosts 

Silver wisps of mist

Shimmer on the lake surface 

The silent winter 

From my gloomy perch

Watching the lowering skies

This lonely city

This little giggle 

Leaking from soft balloon cheeks

Portrays your mother 

In the candlelight

Your smile shining like the moon 

Full and round and bright 

Wake, see the sunrise 

Another dream is over 

Get the fire lit 

Trees wave their fingers 

To the cerulean skies

Tinged with teal clouds 

Misty morning air

Layering the hillside view

Through my bleary eyes 

As the fire dies

And the frost starts creeping in

Hunker down deeper 

The long dark tunnels 

Slowly filling up with gas

While canaries fall 

The spaces between 

The summer and winter rings 

Tell a different tale 

A smokey blue haze

Turning thick tree trunks to teal

Another ring forms 

Deep in dreary fog

Running to flickering lights 

Did I lose my way? 

Cold toes frozen nose

Curled up under thick blankets 

These are brighter days

Oil swirls in the ice

Like liquid lava layers

Frozen in clear glass 

A churning stomach 

Distant voices calling me

While I pay my dues

Upon the dark peaks 

Fields of burning sunshine play

And I am grateful 

Dark suspended clouds 

Hang over these final chords

Before the sea change 

Another pink heart

Slowly filling up with clouds

Until the clock stops 

Like a wild dog

I drove you away again

Just let me hold you

A moth to a flame

My wings keep on getting burnt 

Now I am grounded 

The wind and the sea

Two old friends sing together 

A murmuration

From swaying treetops 

Watching the sun falling down

Into orange waves 

Fading dusty light

With no contrast or shadow

 Gloomy twilight. Dusk.