Hope you like this. BTW, I'll continue to post some of my writing here, but I've also started a blog that will probably focus on writing, but will include other stuff as well. So if anyone is interested, the url is
http://mohawkondisplay.blogspot.com/. If you visit it, please leave comments to let me know what you think! If enough people leave comments (so I know I'm getting visitors) I'll buy a shorter domain name (mohawkondisplay.com) to make it easier on you.
In Winter's Grasp
Alone I stand, naked and bare
Beside a well-tread road
My clothes (when I need them most
In this shivering cold)
Have been scattered by the wind
Beyond my reach
Travelers pass
And remark on my beauty
(My bare limbs, covered in snow)
With no regard for my feelings
My pain
So year after year
I must brave the Winter alone
Drawing courage from my rings
(One for each year I've survived)
And if I'm still here in Spring
(When Mother awakens)
I'll get pretty new green clothes
And another ring for my finger
Another year to go