Start Over day

Written
1992

 Winter's gloom dawns.

Trees stark against the sky.

Cars now frosted landscape.

Erie silence accented

        by a distant train whistle.

Birds not to be seen.

Cats, summer jungle beasts,

       hide under the stove.

Outside -

      cold desolation.

Day one of the New Year.

Frost on the neighbor's roof

       becomes an art object.

Grass blades

       tipped silver

       from icy dew.

A few lights,

      Christmas reminders.

Leafless trees

       now a sculpture park.

Fires  burning.

Smoke mixes

       with the aroma of

       bacon and coffee.

Slowly we wake

       to Start Over Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes
Obviously written on New Years day before going to the Marr's where I watched the Rose Bowl and ate Cheese fondu and nibbles washed down with white wine. I never made New year's resolutions, but it has always been a time of extended reflection.