Homeless Holidays

The icicles that grow for years
and slowly cry then drop and die
in liquid pools of frozen tears.

The pain that builds within a lie;
lives that wait for want of love
and slowly cry then drop and die.

Prayers for kind hearts undreamt of
in a world of cold despair;
lives that wait for want of love.

No shelter from the winter air -
longing for a warm embrace
in a world of cold despair.

Where they're gone without a trace,
hopes that freeze before they drip,
longing for a warm embrace.

From this world they gladly slip -
the icicles that grow for years;
hopes that freeze before they drip
in liquid pools of frozen tears.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 11/23/2017 3:03:00 PM
I noticed the blog pointing this out so thought i would take a look. This is excellent example of terzanelle, Craig. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
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Date: 11/22/2017 6:30:00 PM
This is really good, Craig. It's such a sad topic. I'm glad Mark highlighted this poem in his blog.
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Craig Cornish
Date: 11/22/2017 9:10:00 PM
Thx Becca
Date: 11/17/2017 9:58:00 AM
Beautiful and sad. Right now my neighborhood is fighting the building of a Salvation Army megashelter and I am sickened by the protest. Wonderful pen Craig. xomo
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Craig Cornish
Date: 11/17/2017 10:09:00 AM
Thanks Maureen
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