A bitter wind

"La Frileuse" or "Woman Chilled by the Cold" is a statue inhabiting the Wrightman Gallery of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art; it dates from 19th century France, but could easily represent some of the countless souls who suffer the bitter winds on the streets of our cities in America today -- homeless and without hope. But spring is in the air as well, and we have to take courage. The pangs of winter do not go on forever. The last visions of a season we bid adieu, with commentaire extarordinaire, at blog.amynelsonhahn.info

Enfois, l'hiver

It seems the least
we leave our coldest hours
the most we find them once again;
and even amongst our friends
we shiver, don a cape --
times can be so bitter,
leaving least to least
and only small brown toes
to pick over the bones --
but invierno gives way:
unwrap, glad characters,
 if you can manage a brow;
the parade of spring, and then
the warmer months go forth.
Unwrap! We feel the light, and so
would hazard to release your woes.
Copyright (c) 2012 Amy Nelson Hahn

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