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JamesBowie
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since 2000-11-25

Posts 252
big old Bangor Maine up by the shack

0 posted 2002-03-30 12:10 PM

Bare tree branches whisper in the wind
as the cold air grasps at my mouth
drawing out wisps of heated breath
that passes up into the sky and seems
to form a halo around a midwinter moon

the cold starts to tingle at my feet
as I walk across the frosty ground
where grass crunches in uneven lumps
startling a deer standing ghostlike
only feet from my unobservant path

The sky is winter clear
the milky way seen in broad bands
a clarity you don't have in the city
where all I see is headlights and smell
the leftovers of dirty people

The breeze shiftily changes direction
as the air takes on the smell of snow
intimating the coming of another winter gale
and I can't tell you if my eyes water
from the cold or the beauty before me

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2002-03-30 02:18 AM

This reminds me of when I used to pull guard duty in the middle of no where on cold winter nights in Germany...I was wearing everything I had and was still cold...it was dark...it was eiree...but it was beautiful...James

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

2 posted 2002-03-30 11:22 AM

Bare tree branches whisper in the wind
as the cold air grasps at my mouth
drawing out wisps of heated breath
that passes up into the sky and seems
to form a halo around a midwinter moon

Beautiful images James..loved reading your words

~Victoria

"If music be the food of love, play on." (William Shakespeare)

JamesBowie
Member

since 2000-11-25

Posts 252
big old Bangor Maine up by the shack

3 posted 2002-03-30 01:05 PM

thanks james, I know that cold all too well

thank you victoria for your thoughts, and I did not men to be a butt head over the censor thing, just had a question. J

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

4 posted 2002-03-30 03:24 PM

(sigh) Oh James, I believe there is a little beauty in every season, and you have depicted it with your wonderful words! (big hugggsssss) This is wonderful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet James, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2002-03-30 04:18 PM

James,
I enjoyed reading about your cold. Real cold is hell and I've been there.

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