Winter That Never Was.

This is a poem for a winter that I can only imagine.

   

Run Down

Indebted to the dawn

They run down alleyways

Sharp, glinting

The cold snatches

Is always snatching at their hearts

But they pay no mind

They of smoke and rapid breathing

A barking, out of breath laughter

The sound of bravery

Envy that sound

It means they don’t care

It means nothing matters

Except street and sky

When you can make that sound

You will be safe forever

No longer hunted

Or bruised by leaving

Immunity by frozen city block winter

And grinning in the dark

Misery Is The Worst Company.

Although I greatly enjoy rainy days, and sad, sad, songs I should be honest. When actually miserable, enhancing the mood is not always a good idea. That is why I am glad that I live in California where I can take photos like this in January:

and spend days at the beach with people like this:

And now for a song with a little sunshine. Courtesy of those beautiful, often bearded boys, The Avett Brothers. 

Hopefully I will have more writing up soon, writing that is not so blatantly about myself that is. 

Almost Over.

So Christmas break is almost over. In honor of the city I will reluctantly be returning to, I thought I'd post a photo of it looking a bit better, maybe a bit more historic than usual.

Hello There.

In the New Year

Walking through winter with an orange in my pocket

Impaled with a gasp

By the whitest of mornings

I have fully left midnight

Velveteen and drunken

Tangled all in the branches behind

Gone away and I am glad

This is not cowardice

Creeping like death in the cold

It is a wind-stung

Cautiousness

Natural when so brand new

This is the hesitant first stanza of my first poem of this still new-ish year. I mostly put it up because I want to get this thing up and running. More may follow, although possibly not. Just to clear any confusion this poem is not titled after The Walkmen song In The New Year, although they do share a title. It is a song very much worth listening to however. Give it a look right here.