Wednesday, December 19, 2007

winter solitude

As delicate as falling feathers
The moist white kisses float gently to my cheek

Wrapped up like an Eskimo upon the opened ice
The brisk whispers of weather proffer first bite

Such distance as this makes the cabin seem gingerbread,
With trees dusted by an icing sugar shaker
In the background the mountains peek

Exhaling fog through sandpaper lips
The moment soon comes clear
No matter how far we may be from home
A little piece of heaven can still be found here










- j.g.smith (12/19/07)

1 comment:

Inkslinger said...

There are some really good lines here: "Such distance as this makes the cabin seem gingerbread" is a really nice use of syntax. And "Exhaling fog through sandpaper lips" is brilliant.