Ode to a Winter's Eve

Tick-tock

Tick-tock

Ticks the ticker

On the clock.

Time is passing

Light is fading

Evening draws us

Sky is paling.

Breath has stained

Fog remains

On the bitter-cold,

Frosted window panes.

Peering out beneath the eaves

December's snow

Winter's freeze

Have taken over;

Gone are Fall's leaves.

With snowflakes a fallin'

Black crows a callin'

A stillness, a sigh

See now what has befallen.

Away from the glass

White world of wonder,

Sit back before the hearth

Where fire burns under.

Eyes are fixed

The flame they hold

Thoughts have wandered

Beyond the cold.

Glass set outside

Now an ice mirror

Au revoir, tender Autumn -

Winter is here.

                                             

                                                                                       ~K. Rose

Photo Courtesy: Antique Clock, by Paul Huchton

Photo Courtesy: The Lights of Home, by Thomas Kinkade

Photo Courtesy: Foggy Window, by Angel Glass

Photo Courtesy: Winter Lake, by Romanov Roman

Photo Courtesy: The Magpie, 1869, by Claude Monet

Photo Courtesy: Christmas Wreath Over Fireplace, by Lauree Feldman

Photo Courtesy: By the Evening Fire, 1904, by Sarah S. Stilwell

Photo Courtesy: Northern Reflections, by Robert Pellelt