These pale bones so white and brittle

Settled as we are in our winter sleep

Stir a little, springs first kiss made

Unexpectedly electric.

Ice so cleanly magnetic jitters

Remembering long forgotten promises

And drawn into the awakening

By the solar flares of spring.

My frozen frigid shell

So long my retreat and refuge

Is breaking up, born anew

From the crumbled crystal shards.

Past becomes present

Thrust into a pubescent future

A time track timeless and all knowing

Will you walk with me in full moon splendor?

Soon my dream will fade

Brought to mornings full consciousness

My long winter night

Only a forgotten memory.

Mike Ryan