It seems as if another year <br />has slipped by me. <br />I, of course, remained <br />obtuse and wholly unaware. <br />Till some mundane task <br />of eveyday life <br />pulled me from my warm hermitage, <br />out into the world that lives <br />outside these sheltering walls. <br />And into my blissful blindness <br />comes a ray of shocking light, <br />and with one foot on the Earth <br />and one on worn wood steps, <br />I looked outside myself <br />and saw lavender in the snow. <br /> <br /> 12/7/07<br /><br />Toni Atchison<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lavender-in-the-snow/
