Allotted Fragments of Time

indistinct chatter
sweeps through my mind
like wind through trees
in winter's high pitched shrills
as memories twirl
in a spiral of thoughts

my heart pauses
beneath fragments
of shrouded warmth
once found in love
and this diminishing sun

i am hesitant to stand aground
where rains have come
between winded breaths
like these trees
naked on dampened hills
i too shiver in the depths
of coldness, alone
bending, almost dropping
to the accepting ground

bitter trails
of the unworthy
drop at my feet
like leaves of autumn
only to crumble
within the moments
of allotted time

i gasp
in what takes my breath away
momentarily
before i hear the depths
of my mind speak
as if warning my heart
to wake from endless dreams

halt to all possibilities
of treading on thin ice
beneath winter's frigidness
and bury my heart
behind the walls
that protect

so i do not fall
and drown
in the depths
of tears again
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Chiri Avatar
January 8, 2020 at 12:30 PM
Sandy congratulations on a beautiful top win!;)
Adams Avatar
January 8, 2020 at 7:11 PM
Thank you Brenda... :)
Kauffman Avatar
January 8, 2020 at 11:40 AM
Hi Sandra, Such wonderful imagery! Powerful portrait of grief but showing hope in the last lines. Nicely done! Congratulations my friend.
Adams Avatar
January 8, 2020 at 11:55 AM
Thank you so very much Sam... :)
Krutsinger Avatar
December 19, 2019 at 1:48 AM
Your metaphoric write seized my imagination and twirled me in my own emotions.
Adams Avatar
December 19, 2019 at 8:25 PM
Thank you Caren...glad i could send your imagination twirling about... hugs
There Avatar
December 19, 2019 at 12:15 AM
Deeply entrenched in sorrow and trepidation...a thought-invoking piece, my friend. Hugs.
Adams Avatar
December 19, 2019 at 8:24 PM
Thank you so much... hugs
Pandit Avatar
December 18, 2019 at 2:10 PM
Another write from the heart of your gifted pen--poignant, yet beautiful my friend.
Adams Avatar
December 19, 2019 at 8:24 PM
Thank you so much Vijay :) hugs
Green Avatar
December 18, 2019 at 12:07 PM
Here's hoping you never find reason to drown in those tears again. Sorrow can be an overpowering feeling, it can bring us to our knees. But as long as we have someone to lift us, then those puddles don't seem so deep. Beautifully melancholy my friend.
Adams Avatar
December 19, 2019 at 8:23 PM
Thank you so much Chris for your comforting words...i am thankful for your friendship and kindness... hugs :)
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