A Warm Heart

Childhood summers days are the longest They open up possibilities for endless play. Those sunshine wrapped days made for fun Have kept my heart warm over the years. Now the days of possibilities are gone And wailing winter wind whips me out of shape Propelling me towards the dark days - Those inevitable sunshineless days where Reality seeps into your bones like chill Seeping through cracks in a window sill. I look ahead and warm my bones with Pictures of family and friends now gone but etched forever deep in my heart where the flaming fire of love is still aglow.