{"id":2404,"date":"2017-01-11T16:47:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T00:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2017-01-11T16:47:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T00:47:23","slug":"long-winter-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2404","title":{"rendered":"Long Winter Nights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Long Winter Nights<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The nights are long.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The days are short.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Since you are gone,<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There\u2019s little to report.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

This winter is cold as hell.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Every day cuts like a knife.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Look how much snow fell.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Facing it without a wife.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Life alone, and snowed in.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Time passes slow as molasses.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I play solitaire, sometimes gin.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Use the computer, till it crashes.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I could do more with you.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

We kept busy all the time.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Plenty of things for us to do.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Now, I have nothing, but time.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Time to think, and to cry.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Time to sort out the blame.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Can\u2019t get past the you in I.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

One or the other is the same.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I hear a snow mobile near.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I go outside to see what\u2019s up.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It is you, my darling dear.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

My face became all lit up.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You flew into my arms.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Kisses covering me all over.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am captured by your charms.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The snow becomes crimson and clover.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

About what happened is not spoken.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

We are now as one forever.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The fire is hot, no longer smoking.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Wrapped in a blanket, we cuddle together.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Before we know it, spring is here.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Snow is gone. Flowers are in bloom.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

We are both extremely happy, it is clear.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Soon, another will join us in this room.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

————————-R. W. Johnson—–(2017)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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