~ The Poet's Place Cafe~

Winter’s threat hangs over remembered colors
As darkness tightens its grip like a dying lover

Evergreen brightness shines in spite of gloom.
A child is born already on the path to the tomb

Cold hearts warm to the promise that changes all.
The covenant made before the snow’s hard fall.

Hope for all even on the darkest day of the year
Even in the blackness there is no room for fear.