STAY...!

STAY...!

In my dreamy world of cheery cottages and fairy rings

Soft snow in albastrine translucence floats as it sings

I'm homeward bound after an arduous journey

The skies are blue-gray, puffy clouds marking my destiny

Snowmen stand sentinel by the path least trodden

Mutedly welcoming me, a traveller long forgotten…

A sunlit glitter adorns, a blanket of bluster shrouds

My footprints... You're home! they say, stay away from the crowd

The hearth and fireplace cocoons me with a comforting warmth

Reminds of me of days spent scampering in the basement beneath

Dusty film carpets the floorboards now

Echoes abound of playful gaeity, but there's no happy show...

Memories retreat like footprints fading

I keep the embers alive, stoking them; prodding

Lest one day I find they're forever gone

Leaving me clueless and all alone...

There's a thrill in the air, my home knows me

I knew you'd be back, this is your retreat and sanctuary!

Rime-spangled trees shiver in a flurry

Sprinkling crystalline dust, my footprints outside, quietly they bury.

Pic Courtesy: Pixabay

Sangeetha Kamath