Winter

Color 
Warmth and
Gentleness
Finally laid to
Rest

Light fleshed
Out
Young and
Hopeful she hid
What she
Is

So much was lost
But I see her differently
With her youth 
Spent she
Radiates
Stripped bare she is
Luminous
I see colors of the
Wild
Bravery and honesty
Wisdom
Desolation
Defiance and
Compassion
Bones

An invitation to
Observe, turn
Inward
The greyness
Of
Comfort
The whitecaps of
Reality
The shards
Of weakness

Survival without
Excuses

And the quiet
Hush of
Secrets kept, crying
Into the mouth
Of the merciless
Wind