paint me a hazy shade of winter
colour me in winter things
I’ve heard your sunshine
smooth like legato but
more like cold weather blues
heart-bass beating with
tinkling of frozen tears
a muffled melody
trapped under ice
gift me withered roses from snow
tie them up in ribbons of your grief
for me to unravel, like a winter’s tale
I see your pain
waiting
on the other side of sunsets
heavy footprints in the snow
oh honey
…… let it go
Lillian is hosting Poetics at dVerse Poets Pub where we are blending some wintry music titles into our muse. She has given us many to choose from. I chose the following…
A Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon and Garfunkel)
A Winter’s Tale (Queen — and also The Moody Blues)”
Cold Weather Blues (Muddy Waters)
Footprints in the Snow (Bill Monroe)
Let It Go (Idina Menzel)
Roses from Snow (Emmylou Harris)
Trapped Under Ice (Metallica)
Winter Things (Ariana Grande)
mishunderstood 
Oh Mish, this is fabulous! Love these words:
“I’ve heard your sunshine
smooth like legato but
more like cold weather blues”
I was going to say how much I loved the first three lines of the second stanza…and then I came to the end and have to say, the entire second stanza is so very good. Love the interjection of “oh honey” before the “let it go”.
GREAT use of the song titles! 🙂 I always enjoy your posts! 🙂
Thank you, Lillian….as I do yours!
I love it! Very well done, Mish!
Thank you, Dwight. 🙂
You are welcome!
Beautiful poem 💖
Thanks, Paula!
Lovely poem. Well written.
Thank you so much. 🙂
This poem has a natural flow and this part really fits with the mood of winter. sigh
gift me withered roses from snow
tie them up in ribbons of your grief
Thanks for reading. 🙂
This is a song in itself!
Aww, maybe so. Thanks, Jane.
xxx
So beautiful, Mish! I agree with Jane, it is a lovely song. ❤️
Thank you Punam. 🙂
This is gorgeous, Mish. I agree with Jane, too! I can seriously imagine it set to music.
Wow, and I hadn’t really thought of that. Thank you, Merril. 🙂
You’re welcome! 🙂
“tie them up in ribbons of your grief
for me to unravel, like a winter’s tale”
So many beautiful word pairings!
Thank you Margaret!
This is absolutely stunning, Mish! I love; “I’ve heard your sunshine smooth like legato but more like cold weather blues.” ❤❤
Thanks so much, Sanaa. 🙂
So well used lines in your poem… I love the ending… to let it go sounds like a great advice.
I like the interjection of musical sounds into the winter scenery.
This is a lovely poem I particularly love ‘paint me a hazy shade of winter
colour me in winter things’ ❤
I adore this. I also agree that it is a song.