Winter Walks
I walked in light That dazzled and dulled Through a tunnel of boughs All stripped of leaf And stripped of thoughts The only sounds The gentle crack of fallen twig And the exhalation of breath and branch That disappeared as memories Of summer gone and autumn chill I walked on Further into winter And the light changed to snow Memories were once more Covered and muffled and mute Dormant until spring again to emerge And tree buds to life Where new thoughts breathe The air of future memories
