following...

the day began in sparkles

following a pre-dawn rumble

foundations moving me from sleep

into the wide awake

ironic this movement

so uncommon in my corner of the world

my heart beats fast

familiar with the shift

the restlessness and unease

a feeling i've tried to supress

through short winter days

and endless winter nights

all the day long

i focused on the beauty

ever present at every turn

blue eyes drinking in

the winter-ness

of this february day

my neighbor mr. joe

lost in the snowy white

as he clears a path to his door
i stop and watch

a snowy cloud wrapped around him

and i smile

as i watch

winter, a swirling dance partner

to an unsuspecting mr. joe

the table where the deer feed

frosted in a layer of white

no more corn for the deer

the huz grows tired of feeding them

once the christmas bells grow silent

poor things, makes me so sad

that look in their big brown eyes

as they approach an empty table

the promise of fresh green grass

still a long way off

my currier and ives world

a simple wednesday

and i write tonight because i couldn't sleep if i didn't

not really saying what's in my heart

but the writer in me longing

(with every breath i take)

just to write

for the sake of writing

and wondering, about this whole blog idea

who really reads, who's really out there

but reminding myself that it's me i'm answering to

just me, my own best/worst critic

longing to say more on a cold winter night

but sleepy and stopped short

sapped of the energy

to do what i really love doing...

playing with words

-t.

p.s. i miss you nans.