ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

HEART OF WINTER

© 2014 Rod Walford



Spring is for the spirit that is young and wild and free
Summer is the time for being all you want to be;
Autumn has its moments for reflecting on the past;
To gather strength in readiness for winter’s icy blast.

So easy is the living when the sun is warm and bright
How vivid is its contrast with the chill of winter’s night!
When golden amber turns into the frosty white of dawn,
And you walk the hard road, haunted by the wicked winter’s scorn...

Remember whence your courage and your character were found…
‘Twas surely not in autumn’s gold nor springtime’s fertile ground.
Nor summer’s blissful soft embrace, sweet as her kiss may be…
Oh no! it was another steeped in cold adversity.

Like an iceberg in the ocean, we have hidden strengths below,
That are formed in life’s cold waters from our tears of melting snow.
So the heart that beats within you, as it pulses, like a star
Must not forget those winters... for they made you what you are.

I like the message in your poem Rod - we can only hope that winter doesn't go on forever ...

Heather

Heather hates the cold Rod.


but then Heather hates the hot weather as well.

at least that's the reason she gives for not moving to Queensland.



Bob

Good on ya Rod. Hey this is not the land of the long white winter here, this is the wide brown suntanned land

Well written Rod, your writing brings a breath of freshness to the forum. Thank you for sharing.

Sue

So what do I bring Sue ???


F---------ar--------out !


off to perform see ya's all later.


Bob

Germs.

you know we love ya Bob

Sue

Hi Rod,
Another very well written one.
Cheers Terry