The Letter-Freewrite

Reminissing over the blue skys
And sunny days of...
The spring time of our love  1

With my head
Turned up toward the heavens
Tears run off my cheeks
Staining the note
That still ached in my heart2

I told my self
It was better this way
How could I stand there?
Seeing the devistating words
Of this note
Roll off her
Supple sweet lipps3

The Garden of Eden
I pictured us in
Withering and dieing
As each poison word
Was born from her mouth4

An image
I was not prepared
To carry with me
For the rest of my life5

The color of my life
Fadded and dulled
Just as the Autum leaves do
When winter come’s a calling 6

As the first winter frost
Glazed over the land
Like a fell voice in the air
It made its way
Into my my hearth
And home
And put a chill
Into my heart
That lasted all winter7

I sighed
And laughed at the fact
That I was a living metafore
This truly was
The winter of my soul!8

It’s approiate and poetic
This is...
How it should be
But...
I knew...
I was lieing to my self
For deep inside
My heart of stone
There was a dieing ember9

My mind
Saw it for a flame
But my soul
That I ignored
Saw only smouldering ashes 10

And I held onto that flame
And my soul was patient 11

Time passed
Season changed
Winter broke
And so did my fever12

Winds of change
Brought the cycle of life
One more turn13

Cleansing was the rain
The air fresh
Flowers bloomed
And my heart blossomed14

I set my sights
On a new tomorrow
And got to work on it
Today15

I put one foot
In front of the other
And headed for the
Sweet green
On the far side
Of the hill