Winter's End
Long summer days full of sunshine and warmth
heartfelt laughter floating through the balmy haze
happiness overflowing into the afternoon in the form of children's games
and every evening brings the promise of yet another day
Days pass on and autumn sneaks in with it's chilly breeze
crisp sounds of falling leaves upon the ground
campfires crackling in the cool night's air
like the precious, sacred summer was never really there
Mornings come and go rushing ahead like a river
until winter's cold hardened breath captures it still
memories of the hazy summer lay frozen in time
Laid captive under snow covered hills in beauty sublime
My life is not unlike a winter's breathless evening
I wonder if I will live to see another spring?
or will it ebb away in the cold , freezing air
Precious, sacred time standing still, as if I were never really here
My mournful prayers lift up into the eternal skies
my heart aches, my soul breaks down with a cry,
"I want to raise my children! Hear me, Lord I pray!"
Pleading "Heavenly Father, the privelege of just one more beautiful day"!
Miracles rain down and melt the ice away
I desperately try to catch drops of hope upon my wanting tongue
God's child drinking in the promising spring rain
refreshing to my spirit, my faith in prayer will sustain
Written by: Kimberly Hiltbrand
Copyright 2006. All Rights Reserved.
