BY FLORENCE NIVEN
Copyright is held by the author.
the pristine
dusting of snow
beckons to me
from the empty parking lot
a glorious blank canvas
primed by Mother Nature
I step carefully
into the sacred space
mindfully
deliberately
then shuffle through the snow
leaving a trail
of exposed pavement
in a wide upward arc
***
I halt momentarily
at the halfway mark
make a simple v
then continue —
shuffling in a downward arc
to close the gap
***
a winter message, left
for others passing by
a gentle reminder
that love prevails
in the heart
of the longest
shortest month
***
Florence Niven lives in Kingston, Ontario with her husband Don. Her recently published Step Into This Day – Thoughts on Connection is a compilation of 70 of her poems that explore gratitude, love and loss. She has also written a children’s book called Her Down was Up and Her Up was Down.
