Winter Tune

When from my window singing low
A winter breeze did sooth my soul
And whisping me to sightly slumber
I paused a while to sit and wonder
She walked right by me when she passed
And strode a rhythm loud and fast
A melody, too, did fill my ears
It pleaded soft to drain my tears
The tears I'd held for far too long
Now fell with ease beneath her song
When from my view the dream did fade
I struggled on the other way
Too tough to fight, the tide too strong
I gripped more tightly to her song
The only shred of proof I gripped
Then from my fingers now did slip
I fell head long through time and space
Till morning found me at my place
Beside the window life resumed
But I could not recall the tune.

-J. Thadeus Richie