Red Wine and Snow

By Mistress Shadow

The snow falls quietly to the street
blotting out the dark and replacing it with white.
At this hour it does not want to be heard.

We sit underneath the car hang in the cold
allowing you to smoke and watch the silence.
There must be something romantic to sipping red wine
and staring at the white streets.

You do not offer me your bodily warmth
when just prior you were all to happy to give it to me.
The roads are far too icy for driving home anyways.

This union, this encounter
was this moment of red wine and snow.
And in the morning it will cease and be annoying
as empty glasses and frozen roads.

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© 2008 Mistress Shadow
Published on Sunday, July 20, 2008.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • carlosjackal On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, carlosjackal (3010)By person wrote:

    Yes to all of it.

  • A former member wrote: Such a quiet elegance to it, so beautiful, I could stand in that car hang and see the snow fall and the silence is so thick you could cut it with a knife- I LOVE this, a prime example of an atmosphere piece.

  • A former member wrote: ah love poems that recast moments so eloquently and momentously... unique morning after perspective: annoyance. hmmm simple imagery becomes imbued with such complex meaning when rendered by your touch.

  • A former member wrote: Very good write...all too familiar..

  • NikesRain On Sunday, July 20, 2008, NikesRain (1298)By person wrote:

    this hits sure and melancholy... soft quiet start flowing smooth into a sharp painful ending... perfectly fit metaphor

  • Efamilia On Sunday, July 20, 2008, Efamilia (15)By person wrote:

    WOW! I really like this! You created a really COOL atmosphere - ok, sorry about that (I couldn't help myself :) *clicks bookmark*

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