winter – C & K

The Sunset

From storm Spring rainbows
to the pale pastels of a
frost Winter sunset
Watch the sunset one more time
Leave the office that keeps you

The winter night comes.
Pastel persimmon and pink,
with fiery orange.
The sky turns to violet,
indigo and the darkness.

Sunrise at seven
waking to a winter chill
feeling the cold sheets
a mellow morning coffee
Watching the colours lighten

the deep Winter day
hanging frost from the window
a single snowflake
falls where we never see snow
a picture of snow falling

whipping winter winds
watching the washing dancing
weary from working

the stillness of frost
between the night and morning
ice on the windscreen
in the north, they find summer
the winter comes; spring can wait

remnants of plunger coffee
the washing and dryer blues
empty pegs on the clothesline

the moments of reflection
a longing for the rain clouds
this land cries out in the drought

burnt by the sun in winter
a fleeting glimpse of freedom
the sun makes way for the frost

longing for Winter
living in the matrix of
Summer and the heat

Heavy and deep
morning shadows.
Trees out of focus,
Crisp stillness remains.

From the window,
hidden under covers deep.
My secluded view is clear
as Winter moves outside.

The scent of something fruity;
Lingering for a moment,
then fading into the clearing.
The memory of the morning.

Winter landscape deep

we sleep within dreams and love

holding on to sleep