it carries the reader along nicely, only to let him down at the end. "open
my heart"? surely there's something less obvious to end with.
KS
On 20/12/06, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> one day
> to solstice
>
> all my days
> grow short
>
> they begin late
> they end early
>
> today the sky
> is wide pale blue
>
> the radio plays
> its seasonal songs
>
> the sparrows
> sing theirs
>
> all my years
> contract
>
> they shrink
> they pass
>
> quickly
>
> i am carried
> through them
>
> by time and love
> and loyalty
>
> by persistent
> determined friends
>
> who open my house
> to light
>
> who open
> my heart
>
>
>
>
> --
> ~ SB =^..^=
>
> http://www.sbpoet.com
>
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