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Quarter to nothing
by
Lou Raio

Warm clouds of breath promise the coming cold.
Surrounding whole with every word, every breath.
Sit and chat and watch them leave the faces of all,
watch them engulf the small crowds.
Even the cars wheeze down the highways.
Winter's edict.
Joyous is the beginning of all seasons
no matter how dilapidated they become by the hands of man.
The feeling brings warmth in winter and keeps us placid in the sweltering summer.
But it isn’t long before it fleets by and joy becomes anger.
Longing for the seasons passed or the seasons yet to come.
No longer will things become sightly
gloom will shroud all and everything.
Every dormant window, every inch of battered earth.
The beautiful falling leaves will soon only remind of the dead trees they fell from.
And when they finally bloom again it will be the yellows and reds we miss.
Disgust in the eyes will never be burned away
no matter where the sun rises from.

--Submitted by Lou Raio on 2011-01-25.

lanet:
The change of seasons is my favorite part of living in Ohio.
Posted 01/27/2011 07:05 AM

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