Warm Coverlet *** Options

[Psyche]

Snowflakes float in all directions:
fragile, hapless crystals
borne by chancy breezes
less stable than the heart in bloom.

Giddy water molecules
transformed into asymmetrical hexagons,
ascending, not descending,
flippant towards Chaos' rules.

One heart beats erratically,
attuned to nature’s dance
from a lofty metal bed.
Quilted and pillowed,
eyes open and close,
gaze at gauzy air.

Heart is not hampered
by diffident frozen droplets,
a myriad of them
tracing patterns on steamy
window panes,
cautioning shaded, languid eyes.

Soothing waterless tears
shed by banished hearts
on white cotton robes
in harsh winter clime…

Will snow keep this heart cozy,
under a geometric patchwork
stitched by chuckling old ladies?

God’s creatures slumber
beneath snow’s warm coverlet.

By Psyche

Changes: 'gazing' to 'gaze', S3
'exilic' to 'banished', S5 Thank you, Jerry.

'lie dormant' to 'slumber', S6

Dropped lines after "clime" to make new S. Tx Snow!


© Sylvia Evelyn, Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia, 2014.

Note: Southern Hemisphere, Winter Solstice on June 21st.

[Psyche]

Thank you, Jerry, for your suggestions. I've used both of them.
I've been awaiting others' comments, but none have been forthcoming.
Never mind, FB seems to be a powerful challenge to poetry websites.

Do you know of any sites that move faster? That would be interesting.

I used to learn such a lot here! Living, as I do, in a Spanish speaking country, I have few occasions to speak English. Now that I'm near my daughter, we use English a fair amount, but only when her hubby is at his office. It would be rude to communicate in a different tongue in his presence!

Cheers and tx,
Syl***