Literature
LADY WINTER
Lady Winter's fury is unbridled,
her somber sceptre is sheathed in ice
and endures the high drama of her Season's
rude passage, softly she ascends upon
snow-laden wings to where a remembrance
of frost lingers upon the naked bud and
bloom, flowers that once hungered for
a bee's honeyed pledge upon their blushing
petals-now sleep and wait for the Day
when they will be adored by the Sun again,
until then all they find in their sweet
slumberous nest is Solitude's tune, echoing
through Winter's pristine bridal boudoir,
it is here that the waning Light loses
and the waxing Night wins.
December 29, 1998
© Jewel MoonSilver Knight