Written on a return to the lovely Slaney, but this time the authors mood is a
lot darker and so is the season...Winter
The River Revisited
1
Grey skies reflected over greyer waters,
mirrored my feelings of inner disorder.
Cold winds howling through an empty sky
offered no sanctuary as I wandered by.
2
Trees bare of life and naked, stood
defaced like ghostly specters,
Lying dormant until the Spring.
At death within the cycle of nature,
watching me with knowing eyes as
I trodden on my weary way!
Stranded again at this very spot
'remembering yesterday'.
3
To have revisited a friend in the
depths of Winter
who once was 'Summer's child'.
To have witnessed her rebirth into another
as the old faded away and died.
Allowed a mortal man to reflect on her past youth,
to ponder a little...
and to sadly kiss her good-bye.
