Winter Day

sunlight lances pure and white
	crashing into the crystals bright
rainbows flashing in the light
	the sharp brightness stealing sight

frigid wind blowing fast
	swirling with crystals diamond hard
seems to slash into my skin
	with sharp pain I cannot ignore

distant across the unbroken white
	lies a goal that I must reach
somehow another footstep take
	and another in endless chain

tall trees stand in covering snow
	their green limbs frosted white
going on along my path
	sheltering me not from the wind

wind does howl through their limbs
	sounding like the hopeless damned
it would steal my hope away
	taking my strength to journey on

endless does the journey same
	unbroken white always the same
every step almost too hard
	each one feeling to be my last

somewhere beyond my hope does lie
	somehow something that I must find
far beyond me somewhere
	and I seek to be there

endless pain from blinding light
	and slashing crystals within the wind
the endless steps that continue on
	and the fear that I might fail

somehow within must I find
	somewhere the will to carry on
somehow the strength for another step
	somehow be able to do it again

far beyond where I can see
	some how can I ever there be
find the place that I do seek
	somewhere the place that I must be

walking on an endless plain
	with every step just the same
onward into the frigid wind
	and sharp light that gives only pain
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January 9, 2021 at 2:27 PM
William, this is so beautifully penned! Gorgeous in every way.
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