One Dog Night

White cold ground matches the sky
days and days of endless icy grey
Like the June of never ending rain

Cloud covers my spirit
remote eyes canvas nothing
ceaseless gloom

Silence of winter
harsh frozen earth
no life nor sound

Nature's freezing hibernation
How I long to see one yellow dandelion
one call from a passing bird

one warm ray of light from the sun
wash away this grey that hurts my eyes
and makes my soul cry out.

Bitterness untouched
bracing chill cuts though skin
burns my flesh wicked wind.

Another starless night ahead
no moon, just more arctic sleep
lonely dreamless slumber

wake another bleak morning
to do nothing again but watch
alone, the one-dog night.
~a.o.