Nature's Silence Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Long-time sorrow, continually drips into my heart,
overflowing it with saddened thoughts of yesterday.

Searching always for tears of joy to counteract
grief which piles high inside.

Thinking of younger days when nothing could turn
me away from nature and it's joy, daily walking
around our seventy-five acres, finding happiness
and peace in everything.

Waltzing throughout childhood, curiosity in hand,
learning about peace and serenity from nature's
beautiful silence.

Predictable environment, never changing, keeping
interior solitude in place with changing colors
of leaves in every season.

Falling snow filling earth with it's white
brilliance, springtime blooming everything in
color, opening buds with warmth and sun.

Summer heat hotly blowing it's breath on everyone,
toasting their hearts and warming their hands.

All of these images coated in sorrow, because I
can only see them in my mind, touch them with my
heart, but never live them again.