SOMEWHERE IN THE SNOW

Lost so long ago, a brother and sister, somewhere in

The snow,

They had names, playing on a January day when 

They lost their way.

When the snow started to fall, their path was not 

Recalled,

They were never seen again as all stories have not

A beautiful ending.

They have for many years now wandered somewhere

In the snow,

Ghosts of a January searching for a way back home,

Together they roam.

There is no sadness, no tears on faces anymore,

Not cold in the snow,

They are together forever, they journey to a new

Eternal home.

Keith Garrett

Lost so long ago, a brother and sister, somewhere in

The snow,

They had names, playing on a January day when 

They lost their way.

When the snow started to fall, their path was not 

Recalled,

They were never seen again as all stories have not

A beautiful ending.

They have for many years now wandered somewhere

In the snow,

Ghosts of a January searching for a way back home,

Together they roam.

There is no sadness, no tears on faces anymore,

Not cold in the snow,

They are together forever, they journey to a new

Eternal home.

Keith Garrett

                               SNOWMAN

From where I come, high in the sky,

 I land in many a place, I am reborn.

 The sun is not my friend, water is unkind,

Children understand me, they dress me up so fine.

I stand guard in many a Winter yard,

I am a friend, silent till the seasons end.

I will go away, with your help I will be back again,

I am a snowman, with button eyes, a hat, and a scarf I wear.

Something for a nose, something to hold,

Imagination gives me life, I am a Winter thought,

I am a snowman, cold and never always gone.

Keith Garrett

                                          SNOW AROUND THE LAKE

 Look to the sky, oh! such a cold, cold-looking clouded sight,

Not too soon before, must have dropped a white blanket 

Around this lake.

Trees covered with layers of frosty snow, standing,

Always standing,

Watching over this still, almost frozen water, surrounded

by the Winter snow.

Silent ar they until the howling winds teach them to speak,

Echoing the thrashing of their branches into the Winter’s day.

On the other side, across the water, beyond the tall, beautiful

Pine trees,

A cabin, a wood-covered cabin sits staring, always staring at

A lake that the neverending sky looks down upon.

There’s much, much, more than just snow around the lake,

There is a world of nature that lives together.

Keith Garrett

                                      WHITE MOUNTAINS

They stand so high, above water so cold and Icy,

Layered with white, powdery snow, stretched for miles.

Clouds rest over this land of Winter and such a quiet peace,

Although the wind blows across the chilly water and lonely

Mountain tops.

There are slopes of wet snow that melt and flow down into

a lake,

That when the sun shines on it, sparkles like shiny glass.

  Icicles hang from ridges that have lived for some time,

Formed over centuries and in times mind,

Beautiful mountains, these white mountains.

Keith Garrett

           THROUGH THE SNOW TO FIND YOU

An adventure for Winter, what a gift indeed,

I woke early to find that you were not there, anywhere.

A game to play, a map of directions, I will find you,

You wait in a special place, a cup of coffee, and my journey

Begins.

Bundled up for the occasion, ready to go, snow on the ground,

Your map takes me to a place not so far away, snow-covered

Hills.

It’s time to walk through the snow to find you, some clues to

This game,

A log sits beneath an oaktree I see, onward I march, closer

Always.

Through the trees, a map to guide my way, cold is the air,

Am I almost there,

Beyond these trees in front of me,  A lake of ice, Around

It I go through the snow.

My eyes see in front of me, marks the spot, a cabin sits

Alone, chimney of smoke,

you stand at the door, through the snow I find you I did,

Map is my hand, here you stand.

Keith Garrett