Winter's Heart

 



"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe

and leaves before she is left" ~ Marilyn Monroe

 

 

~ Winter's Heart ~

 

 

the starkness of winter

enshrouds a landscape

that knows one season

weighing down a heavy heart

 

perennial dreams lie dormant

waiting for a chance

to break through the staunch silence

that blankets them

so anxious for another chance

so easy to ignore

 

but sometimes, winter never ends

 

and summer was nothing more

than a passage of time

its days inconsequential

because they were numbered
counting down to the moment

they would be swallowed up by winter

 

And what was once called beautiful

Is now discarded

a forward-thinking dream, forgotten

absent a promise of Spring

but a promise, sometimes doesn't mean a thing.

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramones:  January 22, 2016

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia  48.8

Topic:  "Starkness of Winter"

Bonus Points (Hard, 2 puts): Include a Marilyn Monroe quote (above poem)

(Easy, 1 pt): Incorporate purgatory (I did not)