Lake Superior Is Sad Today
No willows weep along this craggy shore
Winter's unforgiving shock no test for
weaker limbs
Pine trees and the barren Birch remain, their
hearts cold
Steely eyes glimmer with icy stares at Raven's
perch and passing Gulls
Bankers loan a timid step, the endless lake
a promise of frozen dreams
The wind stopped just short of my ears, bitter
news the breeze carried unable to fill my
senses
I left yesterday's newspaper on the table
today's issue unwelcome
All I could think of was what will I be seeing
hearing or smelling when the wind resumes?
The smell of fresh flowers deposits me back
in that church 4 years old as I looked in at my
Grandpa's
frozen face in the coffin at his funeral
roses and lilacs
weren't there
I can
smell them
and
smile...
04/27/15
2am
© james marshall goff
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