L'aura del Campo

On knees if necessary [314]

On knees if necessary

Winter's Insurrection failed.
The Sun returns, stronger every day,
to strengthen our resolve
to crawl towards Spring —
on knees if necessary.
We inaugurate the return to health
as hope beckons, as our shadows lengthen
behind us. No need to look back.
No need to wallow in the frozen waste
we leave behind. We seek —
warmer climes and future times
where empathy lines rock-strewn paths
to tranquil lakes where lips lap
love's shore. No matter the horrors
that clutch at us. The Sun guides
our way and every day
frost's grief, once left behind,
loses its grip and fades.

© Kåre Enga [177.314] (20.januar.2021)

18 lines free verse

January Quote by Walt Whitman: "Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."

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