Free Art Friday 11/02/11

I am off on a Mission trip to Memphis and should be making my way to about Nashville today.  Things should be warmer and it will be a great chance to take a break from winter for a bit.  I like the winter a lot, especially if there is snow to enjoy.  The short days, however, and long, gray, overcast intervals can be a bit draining.  So here is a poem I have been working on for a few weeks about the season.  Sunshine here I come!

A barren tree stands leafless, still,

In hibernation waits until

The sun might shine, its warmth to spill,

Over the earth and winter kill.

Oh January's gloom

Oh January's gloom

The sky so dark, so bleak, so gray,

The air so biting cold today.

Let not my spirit go this way,

Nor temper feel the winter weight.

Oh January's gloom

Oh January's gloom

Oh sun where is your quickening ray,

Reflecting off the snow to break

This heavy melancholy state,

And set my heart free from this fate

Oh January's gloom

Oh January's gloom.