Tuesday, June 1, 2010

winter







Dark and long,
bleak and frozen,
empty, barren and bare…

Feel, as it overwhelms,
sinks through the air,
to your skin and down to your soul.
Feel, as it drains from you
your will to move,
you’re absorbed in the landscape, white.
Feel, as your mind clears
and thoughts turn to wisps
of a mist that is snagged by the breeze.
Feel, as you merge
with this silence that is,
the time of rest is here…


picture: http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/364/7/5/Into_the_White_by_meppol.jpg



39 comments:

  1. You don't realize just how much I've missed YOU!! I was elated to read your comment today.

    Hope all is fine with you and your family. Here, summer begins as you are going into winter. Wonders never cease...and YOU ARE a wonder in the blogging world.

    Do keep in touch dear one.

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  2. good thing its spring...
    winter does the same, clouding my edges....

    welcome back. smiles.

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  3. Hi Shadow

    Thought you left?. Glad to see you posted again. I love this poem. Describes the way I feel about winter so well. I hate the cold? Don't you?

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  4. Dark and long for sure. Winter knocked our socks off this year.
    It took effort to not let it suck life out of us. Apparently you felt the same way. This week is a new month and better weather. Lets hope we all have an enjoyable spring and are renewed and ready for summer. I hope things are going well for you.

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  5. Welcome home, my sweet friend. HUG.

    The thing you need to remember is that even though the winter comes, and the days are short, the warmth out here will sustain you.

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  6. You feel, Shadow, like none other I have known. And your words make ME feel like none others have done.

    I am in the snowy countryside and my thoughts have turned to wisps. And the silence and rest become white as your inspiring word-pictures of the snow

    Welcome here, whether you packed an over-niter..or many bags for expended staying.
    Hugs!

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  7. beautiful words creating a beautiful image of their own! love this one! very "soul-full" -

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  8. i have been waiting for some clarity the past few weeks.
    Hoping to get there soon.

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  9. beautifully said...i know this mood, this road all to well.

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  10. Even at the poem's onset I feel more the comfort of rest rather than barren cold...

    Beautiful as usual, shadow...

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  11. That looks like a road I've been down many times ...

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  12. i picture myself in a winter snow storm, seeing my breathe and sitting not wanting to move, this piece takes me there, in the heat of summer!!

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  13. it feels as cleaning , breath and soul ...

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  14. this describes some of my times of meditation. Your words are so clear and precise. Very lovely. Thank you!

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  15. Well it's SUMMER here Shadow Dancing!
    No Blah's allowed here till November!
    Nice to see you hehehehehe...:P

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  16. For many the mind refuses winter and stays to bask in the glow of summer before being covered by the warmth of the sands of time.

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  17. indeed so... you have your winter arriving soon, while our summer is yet to be

    best if you have a warm place to be during those cold times...

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  18. One needs to feel anything to completely relish it OR despise it.

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  19. Lovely, I can feel the silence and when I realize that you are coming on winter as we welcome summer, well, it never ceases to amaze. It certainly has an affect on our collective writing!

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  20. Wow. This was so haunting and bleak-it gave me chills. Amazing Shadow. Truly.

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  21. rest sure, after just a little bit of some neglected life.

    then the cycles can start again

    it always so good to read shadow poetry

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  22. YOU'RE BACK!

    This is lovely. It goes straight to the bone.

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  23. Beautiful poem, which is the usual from our Shadow. Write on!

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  24. Beautiful, sharp imagery.

    I sort of miss winter though.

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  25. Thanks for reminding why I love summer! A really chilling poem, but beautiful at the same time

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  26. Beautiful sad and amazingly happy at the same time! :)

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  27. The hemispheres have just got to standardize! This contrary season stuff bends my mind.

    Wonderful poem, Shadow.

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  28. Glad to read you again. Seems strange to read about winter when it is so hot here.

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  29. The perfect answer to Global warming!

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  30. Lovely! The photo and words compliment each other so well.

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  31. wow! how cool it is to read this piece in a almost summer time. I am glad I came back to blogging and to read you, its a refreshen feeling.

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  32. oh I like this... a lot, but you know how I feel about winter dont you. I could melt your heart with winters sunshine....

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  33. I am glad to see you are still here!!

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  34. Well expressed..loved the post.. :))

    Take care

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  35. I was carried away by your post... Amazing!

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  36. the feeling is a lot more soothing ......
    I m really getting to understand real poetry nw.....thanx to ya..bt still m at a far below level .....

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