Seek

Find the beauty

in curls of smoke

and heathered sky over

sugar-snow frosted trees

 

In cold so deep

it shimmers in ice crystals

suspended in the air

 

Find the beauty

in sharings of laughter

and stilted conversation

between estranged family

 

In aching longing

and hopes near hopeless

and joyful renewal

 

Find the beauty

in doe-soft brown eyes

carried on spindly legs

through drifts and trees

 

In open heart and innocence

stubbornly strong and wishful

fighting life’s jaded edge

 

Find the beauty

in me.

-KJ Roe