Snowfall
and in the morning
as we set out
finding in the night that
snow did fall down
‘tis but a light skiff
pavement does glisten
with moisture does gleam
with thin icing of white
gladly we start out
on long morning stroll
cheeks do turn red
breath it does steam
splashing through puddles
climbing on drifts
gaily you do laugh
as you run ahead
I trudge behind you
taking it slow
knowing I’ll soon catch up
be together again
and as my eyes open
seeing the clock
reading the numbers
‘tis a quarter to four
too long are the nights now
for the hours that I sleep
time there is too much of
far more than I need
covers warm are cast back
in chill of night air
struggling to sit up
and pick up my cane
muscles are weak now
and hurt in the cold
my gait is unsteady
I am getting old
with cane I quietly
stumble around the bed
slip by your wheelchair
that stands by the bed
doctors do tell me
in voices quite hushed
that soon it will be over
and I’ll be alone
winter is coming
frozen ground far too slick
while pushing a wheelchair
on legs far too weak
yet I’ll still miss it
as I stagger along
my cane a tapping
on cold frozen ground
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Submitted by wakofoed on August 28, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,076 |
Words | 223 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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