+ Winter's Chill Poem by Sonya Florentino
+ Winter's Chill
I still can't get used to the cold
It still chills me to the bone
No matter how thick my coat
Or how many winters I've known
It reminds me that I'm all alone
It reminds me that I'm far from home
It reminds me that I am getting old
And that days will be shorter than nights
And the sun will no longer shine bright
And the years - life -
will go by faster than I'd like
With nothing to hold back time
but the memory of your smile
A flickering fire
I thought I'd get used to the cold
but I have not
I still recoil and shiver from its touch
I thought I'd be used to it by now
I'm afraid I haven't learned how
© 2009 Sonya Florentino
beautifully done! you know if you have someone to work with you on the music, this certainly could stand as a song lyric. To my ear it actually makes a better song lyric than a poem, since it leaves less for the reader to imagine -a main component of a poem. It fairly screams for music, don't you think?
When you speak so achingly for yourself you can't help but speak for others. Thank you.
i feel a love lost here as in 'Red Sky' and my own life 10 for love
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/5/2024 2:41:37 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Yes, a very bitter-sweet description of Winter. It's not pleasant to be cold inside and out.