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Last Days of Winter

Our three-fold cord was braided for strength 
but it's unraveled and has come unbound 

We are two idle hands of a timeless clock 
that for too long have been left unwound
 
A pair of mute swans, swimming in circles
lost in confusion, neither uttering a sound

In the last days of winter the sky is gloomy
If the sun breaks through love may be found

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Frederic Parker Date: 11/16/2017 5:37:00 PM This is a really good poem very well written my friend Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 11/16/2017 11:08:00 AM Your lovely painting enhances your clever creative poem Lin. Very lovely! : ) Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 11/16/2017 5:36:00 PM I appreciate your generous compliments. Thanks so much, Connie.

John Gondolf Date: 11/16/2017 7:21:00 AM Lin, I enjoyed very much. I especially like the idea of a timeless clock that is left unwound. And you painting is very nice as well. Nicely done on both counts. John Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 11/16/2017 7:57:00 AM I thank you for both complimentary remarks, John. It's very encouraging.

John Hamilton Date: 11/15/2017 9:27:00 PM A write full of melancholy, but with a glimmer of hope, that's what we need these days, loved the painting also! Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 11/16/2017 7:52:00 AM It wasn't headed in a melancholy direction, but that's where it ended up. Thanks for liking both, the poem and painting, J.D.

Casarah Nance Date: 11/15/2017 5:11:00 PM very good visuals, uniquely said and well read. :) Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 11/15/2017 6:24:00 PM Thanks, Cas. Nice to see you.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 11/15/2017 3:40:00 PM Rich and somehow tender while bleak, beautiful, and the painting too :) xomo Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 11/15/2017 6:24:00 PM Thank you for the kind compliment on the painting and your remarks on the write, Mo.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 11/15/2017 2:58:00 PM - A beautiful thought in a lovely poem, Lin - People have a lot to learn from the swans ... they are faithful in love :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 11/15/2017 6:23:00 PM Thank you, Anne, Lise, for liking the poem as well as my painting. I visited your blog, loved your scrap booking pictures, and commented on their beauty. Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 11/15/2017 3:01:00 PM - A beautiful painting, so skilled you are Lin :) - My hobby, you can find on my blog :)

Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2017 12:56:00 PM Such a melancholy poem Lin and i keep seeing the image of your delightful swan painting which depicted love so I found the third stanza very poignant.:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 11/15/2017 1:01:00 PM Oh, I forgot about my painting. I'll see if I can post it. Thanks for the reminder and the comments. Hugs.

Tim Smith Date: 11/15/2017 12:46:00 PM We can only hope it will Lin Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 11/15/2017 1:00:00 PM We have to have to hold on to hope, Tim.