During winter time
I long for what is not
Howling to the moon
For I was left alone
I plea to the cold wind
To freeze my heart
Until the next spring
To be awakened by the dandelions
And then fly away…
© Gabriela Abalo
Written for Magpie Tales – #43 - click the link to enjoy more wonderful contributions :)
22 comments:
My heart is happiest frozen.
You capture rejection and callousness well.
lovely, to go into hibernation and wake in the spring...what a lovely dream....bkm
Well expressed! The weather here in UK makes one long to hibernate!
Gabriela,
I like these images a lot.
An unfrozen heart feels, and it pumps life.
A frozen one keeps until a thaw.
Trulyfool
I love the 'to be awakened by dandelions and then fly away'. Lovely winter poem.
Can this be done? Freeze til Spring? If it could, and I was sure Spring would be better than now, I'd be dousing myself with water in subzero temps.
the two lines, "I long for what is not howling to the moon"... if they're read as a single statement, there is one meaning, or if "Howling to the moon for I was left alone" has another meaning entirely. I like both, but for different reasons. Yes, freeze my heart in the winter and become the winter completely, until it's not, and it's spring...
"I long for what is not"
Is there any other kind of longing?
Do I really long more in the winter than in the summer?
I guess so. Maybe I long in the winter for what didn't quite come to pass in the summer.
Nice little poem.
I am embracing winter this year ... your Magpie makes me wonder why. Nicely written.
A beautiful image - to bypass the winter in order to fly with dandelions. Yes!
As soon as the Holiday season is over I crave spring. That's when I'm ready to bypass the cold and the grey skies for warmth and sunny ones.
To be awakened by the dandelions...what a beautiful image
Gabriela,
thanks for stopping by at my place, and thanks for the comment.
As for your beautiful poem, I concur with what "Once known as a badger" said, the ambiguity of the lines: "I long for what is not /
Howling to the moon" makes for an interesting read. Also, the whole second stanza reminds me of Emily Dickinson, which is very cool.
Aaahh.. melancholia and loneliness are very well captured in this one!
Me lovies winters though! :) Thoughts of hot cocoa, sweet aromas filling the air... mmm... (hooooowwwwlllllll) :)
I'm sure it will happen just that way..ah Spring!!
Gabriela,
I am with you. I am trying to learn to love the winter but need warmth to even think.
a pleasure to read
and ponder
I love howling at the moon
Dear Gabriela: I, too, long for "what is not", mostly the warmth of summer! Being that I'm a summer person stuck in a intemperate zone need to feel the warmth of warm people!
Move to the North. We'll keep that cold at bay. ;)
"To be awakened by the dandelions" - yes, I will keep them in dreams through the long winter.
Another powerful piece Gabriela!....Spring will be here soon enough. Hope winter treats you well this year...:-)
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