Frozen ground is harsh terrain
Its icy blasts chill the soul
Crying for a love lost
It searches for warm sunlight
Travelling down the ages
Along tangled paths
It shies away beyond the edge
Where loneliness lives
Quietness fills this border
Far from worldly noise
It is a place to rest
In Heavenly poise
But a soul can not live
Past this margin for long
It must search out
And find its lover’s song
Now in some other place
Wandering in haunted towns
And city streets
Looking for what vanished
Through careless love.
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Jennie Starling:
July 14th 2022.
