Quiet~

Observing this world in its current hibernating state. It's peaceful and serene and doesn't fret... neither should I.

World, I envy you so,

Sleeping 'neath January snow,

Resting, breathing, as cold winds blow.

I recall the days you were awake...

When you were vibrant green,

Birds and flowers, grass and trees.

Then you grew sleepy, took your ease,

While I stand here and shake.

Now you can lie there, quiet,

While in my mind there is a riot.

The uproar, I must defy it!

Calm my thoughts as they quake.

Pray for turmoil to cease, flee,

Let what will... come to be.

Close my eyes and count to three.

You set a path that I should take.

Copyright Hannah Scarlett 2013

Endless~

Never Ending,

Ever bending,

The sky encircles our world.

Never failing,

Ever sailing,

Her wonders are unfurled:

The barer of lights

On darkest nights,

The sky never sleeps.

The throne of the sun,

'til day is done,

‘round our earth she creeps.

The joy of the birds,

Her beauty is beyond words...

Rain man reaps,

When e'er she weeps...

In a circlet ‘round her ebony hair,

Rests a swathe of milky stars.

She holds in her hand the wonder of the planets:

Jupiter, Venus, and Mars.

She dons a veil of elegance,

Sometimes silver-gray;

Or often a gown of gentle blue,

On a lovely Summer day.

Watching us in life always,

Her awesome, silky vastness,

The sky goes on in a watery haze,

Most surely and truly endless...

© Hannah Scarlett 2011