Firewood
Taking on time,
Through aimless waves
And immutable distance
Though not of my memory
The air tarries 'neath older skies
Where I watch working mother
Fill outstretched arms
With the warmth of firewood
Until the call of white laughter
I too had worried as did the younger
When the load overcame
And wood fell scattered
Along snow-covered ground
Yet smile even as I do now
While Purple spans my emotion
And dreams flicker and fade
Further still from gladness
Unto the cool hardening of my heart.
Firewood
Taking on time,
Through aimless waves
And immutable distance
Though not of my memory
The air tarries 'neath older skies
Where I watch working mother
Fill outstretched arms
With the warmth of firewood
Until the call of white laughter
I too had worried as did the younger
When the load overcame
And wood fell scattered
Along snow-covered ground
Yet smile even as I do now
While Purple spans my emotion
And dreams flicker and fade
Further still from gladness
Unto the cool hardening of my heart.
