BLOWING AWAY

Cold winds blowing off

Lake Michigan from the

Southeast bring the

Windchill to the unbearable

Point. It is get inside or

Die trying. The sky is gray,

The waves have whitecaps,

And the tree limbs are

Swaying. The forest floor

Is as natural as in summer.

The birds are active at the

Feeder. The only white is

At the horizon. It is not

Mixed with a light peach

Or pink but stays white as

It embraces the gray clouds

Above. All of this and

Winter is just beginning.

We have a few more months

Of this before we see the

Flowers. The garden is doing

What it does in winter which

Is a rejuvenation of some sort.

It does its own thing unless we

interfere with it. But, time is a

gift and we shouldn’t wish it away.

Stanski

December 21, 2023, ^