Bright winter sun
Low in the afternoon sky
Cleared by last night’s storm
Wind and rain
Against the heavy thick sky
Is chilled crisp in quiet
Sinking in of winter beauty
Here in the aftermath
Scattered Rose petals
Among fallen brown oak and sycamore leaves
Showing rosehips ripening red-orange
By winter sun
Here in Winter’s barren beauty
Buds and blossoms
Roses
Velvet Red, Pink, Lavender, Yellow
Shocking color in winter’s palette
Warming lingering hope
In soundless enveloping petals
Bobbing on winter breezes
