A Winter’s End

A Winter’s End

The winds blow fierce this winter’s eve

Ten feet of snow, my time to grieve

Nowhere to go, Nowhere to stay

As frostbite rears its head today

I sit and wonder why I’m here

I’m left alone, my end is near

The time for thoughts as I get numb

Drift to the good and not the glum

I  see my past when I was young, 

a pleasant time, of joy, and fun 

I see those times downhill I’d go

On sleds and skis above the snow

With skates and sticks on ice we’d play

With snowmen built along the way

Those rosy cheeks and breaths so clear

And driveways plowed with others near

Of comfort from the world so white

With fires bright from logs at night

And blankets with their fleece so dear

Warm clothes to wear, hot chocolate near

Where love did flourish and friends abound

Where future hopes and goals resound

An endless life filled with much bliss

But for my choice that I must miss

I should have said that I would stay

And then enjoyed this winter’s day

Instead my venture I have blown

By going out all on my own

I thought I had just what it takes

To reach my goal, catch all the breaks

But fates decreed that not be so

So here I lie entrapped in snow

I hope I am remembered well

As one who tried but never tell

This one mistake that I must keep

It’s time for me to go to sleep.