The Winters Heart

The Winters Heart 

Old and Lifeless 

Like leaves caught in autumnal winds jostling and violent their fall 

Mighty trees releasing and abandoning their skin that was once a beacon of life 

Canopies that gave shade in sweltering heat 

For leaves without them there would be no life 

As she slowly discards the fossils of time 

A beautiful rainbow of colour is all that remains of the autumn 

As the winter takes her toll

The leaves fade as reminders of seasons and memories that pass 

With the autumn colours the last bastions of beauty 

The winter leaves nothing but skeletal remains 

As we all enter a new time where cold settles upon the decay left behind 

As she covers all around her in a blanket of new 

Where hibernators battle in silence that their harvest tides them through 

To the spring where life awakens 

In a bloom of colour 

That covers the world once enveloped in white 

Spring flowers emerge as the winters passing 

Like an old friend so sad to see her leave 

She has fought us hard 

And taught us well 

To be prepared for her anger can kill 

With the melting of her heart she leaves us the gift of life 

Although I will miss her 

I know it won't be long before she returns to wrap me in her blanket of cold that feels so warm 

The winters heart is where this old man belongs 

Just like her time here passing so briefly 

I know my time will end too soon.