Tuesday, February 8, 2011

'The Welcome Cold'

The Welcome Cold

I greet this frosted air and frozen field,
The glassy pond and quiet morning breeze
With close and tender welcome. I'll not yield
To shudders for its Wintry challenges.

Tho' it withholds the many joys of Spring
And seems to misremember Summer's bliss,
I'd trade no other wealth or pleasure sing
Than moments cold and now that brings me this.

I stand within my holding, All I see
Is what I call my own by right and will.
And all is happy, held in blessed peace
Against the Times that may bring any ill.

But Pinnacled above what is my part
Is she who shares these lands, and warms my heart.


(c) 2011 G.Robin Smith all rights reserved.

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