~ Thawing Out ~
My bones like bare branches
Shake and shiver in the wind
That runs through my body
This internal winter is howling
As the wolves encircle me
As the frost forms upon my leaves
As mountainous horizons surround me
It seems like spring isn’t coming
Maybe it doesn’t happen anymore
To go on and endure
Is now all that I can do
Searching for some warmth in the wilderness
To sustain this soul
Oh, what this life can do to a person
To leave them wandering in a space
Where the kindest eyes can’t see
And loving words not reach.
I’m not dead
But I’m stuck somewhere
Where the moonlight doesn’t inspire me
Where music doesn’t resonate
And even this poetry
Doesn’t do much anymore.
There is nothing to do but wait
And look for signs of life
Some sunlight coming forth
From the clouds of discontent
To burst the buds from my branches
And thaw out my frozen spirit
That sits waiting for the touch
Of something it has almost
Forgotten.
~ A Voice From The Wild ~ 