A MOMENT PASSING


What has fallen from the sky
Rain and snow
For the children to make angels
She walks toward the woods to explore

Wondering what she will find there
Leaves and branches covered lightly in white
The sky gray, approaching the ground
Puffing in places, downward

The appearance of fog
Dreams within dreams
Imaginings of reality forgotten or remembered
Her feet cold in the icy snow

Bare feet pressed on hard snow and soil
This is life and the feeling in her heart
Not lost but experiencing new and old
Not so different from love

Contradictions in moments
Emotions easily brought forward
Sensitive to the light of others
No longer closed in introspection

Michael V Hechtman Copyright 2000