Weather Report

(Just to share something)

February cold, implacable

Seeps through around the windows and the doors

Sun’s gleam like steel, a dull and frigid glow

Resounds in hollow tremors through my bones

But sunrise, dawning pink, proffered a peace

And later sunshine, almost generous

Sent temperature to forty-five degrees

Gave reassurance to intrepid bulbs

Yes, light returns, it spreads over the hollows

Where puddles lay before, and sometimes ice

Too thin for spring, but soon that too will follow

The buds will bulge, new life’s quick heat will rise

For now, soft clouds will swaddle up the night

To ease our gentle turning towards the light.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 2, 2011