09 Winter

Winter, The goddess of the longest nights Of the netherworld Hades My days she invades! Sun shies away from the days: Unable to stand the cold he retreats Hesitant to peep in for hours few Leaves even the dawn's sheenless dew. She who wraps my passion In a pall of hibernation, Spews venom, dust and virus That block my lungs and nerves. A beat or two of my heart she steals And leaves a wound that never heals. Her worms of cold slither into my bed And my sleep she smothers Leaving me to gasp for a wisp of air As if I were in the Stygian waters. My nights she invades! Winter, As she waxes in Light wanes, days wane. She litters my pavements With a gray pall of scales she shed. Winter, The goddess of the darkest nights Of the netherworld Hades My world she invades! I now search for a firewall That her attack can forestall!