A Winter Walk

A soothing smell of burning leaves,

Candle-lit windows, haunting trees

Branches dancing in the subtle breeze

As a quiet earth rolls beneath my feet.

A distant light from the radio tower

Blinks on time in the late-night hour.

A star-scattered sky so still and sweet

As a quiet earth rolls beneath my feet.

Redlights ahead, the road ending abrupt

Kicking rocks to keep from looking up.

Cracks in my soul like the cold concrete

As a quiet earth rolls beneath my feet

A man staggers in the streetlight glow

He smiles because he knows that I know

I nod and gaze down the familiar street

As a quiet earth rolls beneath my feet.

Down by the oak trees and old ball park

The hillside hidden by the dense dark

I hear the rushing sound of Town Hill Creek

As a quiet earth rolls beneath my feet.

[mrmonk]

Best one yet, dude.

[Hidden in reply to mrmonk]

Thanks, muh man. This is one of my favorites, too. When I look back, I don't think as much about the anxiety I must've felt and strip it down to the simple things that took place that night.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

I'll probably end up making it longer because it's such an easy and soul-settling platform. It literally requires nothing but rhyme and scenery.