Brighten,

The holiday season.

Bring joy, ...

Old-style.

May look primitive,

In today’s world. ...

Two years in hiding,

Two in storage,

One week to deliver. ...

Dense clouds peer into,

A curtain-less living room.

Another cold, ...

The winter sun,

Gently sets,

As a sleeping city, ...

Small,

Sensitive,

Fragile. ...

Old,

Broken,

Stained. ...

You watered me.

Where are you now?

“Still here. ...

Beneath today’s blue skies.

Dangling precipitously,

Under a wire. ...

Cloudy skies,

Reflecting questions.

Anxiety, ...

Colors.

Laid side-by-side.

By someone, ...

Perfect place.

The magical hideout.

A table, ...

Where to go,

From here.

Crystal clear, ...

“How it felt then.”

Cut down and bare.

Only a little green, ...

The years,

Pass us by.

Day after day. ...

“Leaf,

Half-burnt,

With holes.” ...

Flying back.

Staring out,

Sleepy-eyed. ...

How lucky.

To be this close,

To family and friends. ...

Grey.

Colorless.

Like dark, ...

Awakening,

To nature’s gala.

“Clouds, ...