Poem: Snowflake

She said I’m your gift to you
I held out my hands to hold hers
And she withdrew them twirling away
I’m a snowflake she said

Poem: Delicious

lips taste like Christmas
of cinnamon and cloves
sweetest memories

Poem: Christmas Dance

There’s a boy sitting alone
Rubbing ice cold hands
Opposite of the warmth
Of a fire burning across the room
He’s wondering why he’s here
Obligation out weighing optimism

Poem: Green and Red

She’s dressed up in green and red
Fitting the scene just right
With candy cane stockings
And a mistletoe hairpin
She could be naughty or nice

Poem: Tinsel Time

Wrap me up in tinsel
Pour me another drink
So when you unwind me
The world will spin when I spin

Poem: Christmas Rondeau

The winter season is here
Dark and cold and white
Where the wind bites
The travelers this time of year

Poem: Winter Blanket

Snow falls in sheets
Absorbing all the sounds
Not that a word is exchanged
Between either of us
As we sit in the cold holding hands

Poem: By the Moon

She swears by the moon
That she’ll love me forever
And I know in that moment
She’s just like the moon
Changing forever

Poem: Capturing You

How do you capture a smell or vision in words
I’ve filled so many pages of descriptions of you
Still you remain ephemeral like a sheer curtain
You know it’s there because you can see it dancing
Yet everything still shows through giving it shapes

Poem: Temptation

She called him a devil
Not for the evil he had done
But for the temptation he offered
Sweet desires that dripped with lust