{poetry fix} winter

Don’t try to hide.

Winter is the season

of what’s what –

dark days

long nights

hard edges

hidden under stark white.

Persistent spring distracts.

Hazy summer lulls.

Brazen autumn, she entertains.

Winter?

Winter keeps you honest.

                                                                    yvonne melania lieblein

                            {from the pin-spired poetry series , April 2012}