Winter’s Soul

Cold winter night
Star-fed sky, reaching upward
Like stairs, we climb
To a higher place–
Beyond where we normally go

Cold winter night
Frozen breath on hard blue lips
Brittle realities, like death
Snap and crack our worlds into pieces
No whole holding them together

Cold winter night
Razor-thin sharp edges on dull faces
Reflecting lost memories back to us
Like moonlight’s cold hands
Gripping our hearts till we surrender

Cold winter night
It comes and finally goes
We survive, this time
Huddled fireside, quiet shadows sit
Slowly, we hear their stories

Author: Don Iannone, D.Div.

Biography Photographer, poet, teacher, complementary medicine provider, interfaith minister, and former economic developer. Holds a Doctorate in Divinity, Master of Divinity, Master of Mind-Body Medicine, and Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology. Clinical certifications in Reiki, guided meditation, life purpose coaching, and spiritual counseling.  Author of 12 books, including two new books in the contemporary spirituality field. Learn more here. Contact Information Kosmos Consulting and Research website: https://www.donaldiannone.com/  Visual Advantage Photography website: http://www.visualadvantagephoto.com Flickr Photo Page here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/don-iannone Contact Don Iannone by email: diannone@gmail.com

8 thoughts on “Winter’s Soul”

  1. Thanks Sophia. I appreciate your comment and visit.

    Floots: Good having you back. As always much appreciate your insight. You nailed this one in your assessment.

  2. this has a wonderfully atmosphere of intimacy within hardship
    (as is so often the case)
    thanks don

  3. “Like stairs, we climb
    To a higher place–
    Beyond where we normally go”

    This reminds me of the spiritual journey, reaching higher and higher.

    Very nice.

  4. “Cold winter night
    Razor-thin sharp edges on dull faces
    Reflecting lost memories back to us”

    An example of lines that work, but darned if I can say exactly why! Which is a good thing, imo, when it comes to poetry.

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