RED BREASTED ROBIN

 

Red Breasted Robin

Sitting on the fence

With snow falling

God that bird is dense

 

Sitting out there exposed

Out in all weathers

Trying to look cute

As it freezes its feathers

BUT SOFTLY THE MYRIAD SNOW FLAKES FALL

 

But softly the myriad snowflakes fall

These infinite flakes of purest white

Like pure white down of angel’s wings

Floating gently from heavens height

 

But this is no heaven-sent delight

This thing of beauty that cruelly lingers

For harshly touched is the naked earth

When touched by winters icy fingers

OH DREARY WINTER

 

Oh, dreary winter

You have overstayed

Your grey skies

Are not welcome

I know spring is close

I look at the grey lake

With the duck on it

The only splash of colour

In the late winter landscape

But I see the hints of spring

Everywhere around me

And the promise of daffodils

Lilacs and butterflies

So, winter it’s time to go

Your welcome is worn out

ARE YOU WEARING WOOLLY TIGHTS?

 

Are you wearing woolly tights?

That’s one of my favourite sights

As the evenings begin to shorten

Well as they say winter draws on

LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST

 

“Little Robin redbreast

Where can you be?

Dear little Robin

Come and say hello to me”

 

“I can’t “says the Robin

“The winter is preventing me”

 

“Little Robin redbreast

Where can you be?

Dear little Robin

Come and say hello to me”

 

“I can’t say hello to you

Because I’m frozen to this tree”

THE SEASONS COME AND GO - WINTER

 

The seasons come and go

Almost monotonous I know

One after another, as planned

Like the sweep of a clock hand

Each season reminding us all

That from winter to the fall

Is yet another year slipped by

A step closer to when we die

A depressing thought I know

But let the seasons come and go

For I think it would be a crime

If there was to be no wintertime

WHEN WINTER COMES

 

When winter comes

And the first snowflakes fall

Who is the first one in my thoughts?

Who is the first person I call

 

When winter comes

And there is a fresh fall of snow

Who makes snow angels with you?

Is it that you’re the best angel maker I know?

 

When winter comes

And there’s fresh snow on the ground

Who builds the snowman with you?

Is it that you make the best snowmen around?

 

When winter comes

And we spend all of our time together

Have you ever wondered why?

Do you think that I just like the snowy weather?

 

When winter comes

There is a reason why every winter I call you

It’s the same reason I’ve had since we were seven

I’ve wanted to tell you but have been to scared to

 

When winter comes

The reason I pull off your wet gloves?

And the reason I gently warm your cold hands?

Is that you’re the one I love