No Spring Shall Ever Again... (2018)

This was written staring out at the snow upon my farm after the death of the two women who meant most to me in my life.

Somewhere, out there in a world adorned with shimmering, crystalline beauty kissed by a gentle sun, my heart lies buried, blackened and burned. The Spring will come again, I know, to caress the land and coax it back to verdant joys, awash with flowers and colors and playful peace. But within my soul I know that Death has defeated life, love has been stolen by the cruelties of a world relentless with pain, and that no Spring shall ever again bring life to my heart.

~For my Hannah and Ally, taken 11/21 & 11/23 2018