A Whisper In The Wind

There's a cold front moving in
they say it will snow tonight
a little
it has been doing that since November
warm and cold
with just a little snow to remind us
it is winter

You would have loved the Super Bowl, dear
Pittsburgh got their 6th ring
Thanksgiving we went to Katie's,
but you knew that we would
Christmas was rather bleak, but
we toasted you at New Year's
none of us knowing how
to let go
I'm still looking for that balance
between letting go and holding on

Things are beginning to crumble here
I need your advice more than ever
I do
hear your voice
it sings to me
softly, slowly, gently
you rarely leave my mind

Your all time joke dear
was how you would haunt me
how I wish it were true

 
Spring is getting closer
and I want to tell you
that I will think of you tonight
as I watch it snow
just as I think of you
when I:
read a book
write a poem
watch a movie
do the laundry
stare at the walls
drink my coffee
watch our children become adults
go to sleep
wake up
light a candle
or a cigarette
read your copy of my book
listen to the wind
or talk to the moon

You will sing me to my grave
you were true blue and
nothing will ever change that
not even
the warmth of spring
so do not ever fear
my dear
bodies in motion must
cling to each other
as the robin sings
and tears fall

Come with me dear and
watch it snow
and whisper in the wind
"it will be alright"
say it with conviction
so I can believe again and
breathe spring in

Mike Carson
2-21-2009