Plodding morning shadows blanket the cracks along the patio Droplets fall into tiny pools that brighten with the white light of renewal As one memory eludes me another consumes me A pane of glass fogged by breath from nostrils keeping me at bay from a world less hostile The world is so vain and uncertain A death in the family and I'm in love again New day New day New day New day Melting frost on the juniper Greyness evolves into a spectrum of color