Sung to the tune of “On a clear day”
On a snow day
Rise and look around you
And you’ll see snow up your window
On a snow day
How it will astound you
That the snowfall through the evening
Lasted all night till the morning
You’ll feel part of every snowflake and snowdrift
You can hear
From far and near
All the wind gusts you’ve never heard before…
‘Cause on a snow day…On a snow day…
It’s all white forever…
And ever…
And ever…
And ever more. . .
green winter giants
arms reach out in silent plea
weighed down with wet snow.
Cindy 2013
gliding on ice with the grace of ballet dancers
twirling and floating in perfect timing
with unbridled passion like first-time lovers
shaving trails in ice with powerful strokes
around the rink the best of figure skaters
tracing history with magnificent ice dancing.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2014, Charlottetown
nice and bright
new year, new light
new thoughts, new themes
looking forward to
what the new year brings.
– Charlottetown, 2014
-first poem of 2014, c.p.l.
-2013, Charlottetown
i
white snow-laden trees
outlined by shadowy bark
winter once again.
ii
green winter giants
arms reach out in silent plea
weighed down with wet snow.
an empty canvas stands
in my living room waiting
hidden behind the layers of white
a myriad images call to me
begging me to coax them into being
clamoring for attention
paint me! one calls
no, me! croons another
me…me…me… another pleads
and yet another merely stares
with eyeless sight
the tubes and bottles of paint
sit silently accusing me of indecision
my brushes whisper hissing
static releasing sparks in the crisp september air.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2013
i hitched my dream to a falling star
and like the star it didn’t go far
i hitched my dream to a growing tree
it grew so tall but was not free
i hitched my dream to a free wild bird
it soared up high but was not heard
i freed my dream, let loose its reins
it shouts, it soars, it grows without restraint.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2013
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