7 Winter Haiku

climactic climax satiation’s fulfillment lost in oceanic drift the wind cannot rest a vagabond wanderer for it is the wind angered screaming winds accost the comfortable a paradise lost headless sparrows hide dreams beneath feathers of hope wind screams at the trees December downpour rain skates across frozen ground wet reindeer shiver children cling to dreams adults struggle to fulfill merry everything winter shields itself from the warmth of joyful hearts Grinch-like denial John G. Lawless ©12/21/2018