Sunday, March 14, 2010


Snowman

See the snow, how it falls like confetti
On a union of concrete and frost
And it sits like a sheet of obsession
With the comfort that comes from remorse

But the snowman you built to remind you
Holds a grin that he carries with pride
And the pipe that you gave him to ponder
Was the gun that you held at his side

So you garnished his coat with some buttons
That you bought from a charity store
And you fastened each one with a warning
How there never could be anymore

Now your snowman stands solid and silent
As he patiently waits for the thaw
That will come in the times of pretension
For he’s only a snowman, that’s all

1 comment:

Paul said...

A light hearted poem with a small tinge of sadness towards the end. How Charity in the third stanza is 'fastened' up with a warning that there can be no more. It smacks of the end of a relationship and the last kind act is the garnishing of the coat the solid and silent snowman must leave in.

This flows very well and I really enjoyed the sheet of obsession.