Morning Shadows

Plodding morning shadows Blanket the cracks along the patio Droplets fall into tiny pools That brighten with the white light of renewal As one memory eludes me Another consumes me A pane of glass fogged by nostrils Keeping me at bay from a world less hostile The world is so vain And uncertain A death in the family And I'm in love again New day New day New day New day Melting frost on the juniper Greyness evolves into a spectrum of color