Winter in your Eyes

a poem about loss of a relationship, a poem of contrasts

Winter in your Eyes

 

Lilacs in bloom, lavender vines,

Shyly offering their fragrance

To all who walk by

But I feel only winter in your eyes.

 

Petunias dot gardens and hillsides

Purple Jacarandas on city walks, 

bushes of honeysuckle sweet

But for you, always winter in your eyes.

 

In the wind swaying among the pines

Dance fiery red poppies growing wild,

poplars gently shaking their new growth

But in your glance, only cold and ice.

 

As the yellow dahlia opens with a smile

And at night the crescent moon rises

Still you’re cold to the touch

And I see forever winter in your eyes.

 

Once again in the greenness of spring

You’ll prove anew the flatness of the earth,

As you disappear over the horizon

Vanishing in the whiteness of your world.

 

 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Love the reminders of that winter demeanor at the end of each stanza. The contrast of the speaker showing love and interest, while the subject of the poem is an ice sculpture that cannot be
melted.
beautiful work, Sherri...welcome to WC.

j.

[Sherri Moshman Paganos]

Thank you Jacob!