New Year's Eve

Shedding old habits

Like a snake's skin.

Leaving discarded dreams

Like crumpled cigarette packs.

Finding new life

In waking dreams.

Lost in the moment

Between December 31st

And January 1st.

Shot out of a chrysalis cannon

Straight into the New Year.

Despondent dreams

Taking their toll

Treading water.

Race around the clock

Catching your tail

Completing the circle.

Ring around the calendar

We all fall down.

Dark Day

Rain on top of

Snow covered roofs.

Dirty brown tracks

Through the formerly

Pristine snowscape.

Salt encrusted drifts

Blinding the view.

Grey clouds

Like dust bunnies

Squeeze the rain

Smothering anything

But a sigh.

Cosmic Memories

Moments of intimacy

Feeling of communion

The connectedness

Of all life

Strung like diamonds

On the defining thread

Spiraling across

The bosom of the universe

Reflecting the warmth

Of stars.

Icicles

Winter's daggers

Piercing the soft flesh

Surrounding the season's cold heart.

Drops of winter's white blood

Dripping from its tip

Feeding the spirit below.

On guard.

Christmas Hangover

Too much food

And making merry.

Experiencing withdrawal

From the festivities.

Overdosed on games and gossip.

Craving the New Years fix.

Magic Moments

I remember

Opening presents as a child,

That magical moment

When the gift

Is revealed.

The hiccup of pleasure

Bubbling up

And escaping in a squeal

Of excitement.

If we could only capture

That moment

And keep it in our hearts

To feed

The dull and disappointed days

We grind through as adults.

Wrap it up

In tissue and tinsel

And keep it close.

The feeling is the gift.

Merry Christmas

As Tiny Tim would say;

God Bless us everyone!