Winter Dreamed

tis all I know
of pieces here
survived
beyond their time
would keep me
come an early fall
to winter

when past the sound
of falling leaves
what is it they are saying
to move along
much quicker
now I go
to tarry not
as death would tempt me
spend a moment more

cut me
still I bleed
into the snow

turned I once
as green to red
virgin scales were falling
a moment of forever
was a time of letting go
as other terms
before this come
prayers at last
were forming
winter dreamed
in summer clothes
and never thought
to run

slowly now
my path is lined
as proof of love
and yielding
sunset blooms
a purple flame -
a smile far less
than mine