Martin Stenberg Poet Free verse

Wintering away

Life grabbed me hard by the balls, not in the way that feels good and right.
The mist of darkness in wintertime, when the cold winds fully hasnt blown in the snowstorm to cover our summer sins and regret.
We tend to fail to heed the call, to enjoy our wait for this darkness, this unfathomable coldness, to savor each and all these moments of utter silence, that before led us to despair and heartfeld tears, now, with older and wiser eyes, we now can sit back.
We let the silence come without feeling muted.
We let the darkness creep in without feeling haunted.
We let the cold embrace the walls without fearing to turn to ice anymore inside.
We embrace it, we live alongside it, we own it.

Winter

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Martin Stenberg July 18, 2024 at 1:09 PM I can feel the vein of Wordsworth in your lyric brother!

Beata Agustin November 13, 2023 at 8:22 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed. Martin Stenberg July 18, 2024 at 1:11 PM It is not about sin. It is abt relinquishing the old, in with the new, and not fearing the cold walls of winter. It has nothing to do with ”balls” or being obnoxious like a teen. It has to do with moving on, so God bless!