Winter's wake

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Quite nice poem. As you go through the seasons, you could cut in the spring too?
The turnover in the last 2 verses is great, showing that all depends on you - to grab your joys and happiness in life even where you previously don't expect it.

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Winters wake

There are times during a summers day,
I pray the snow would stay away.

After hiking up a mountain pass,
I look at the calendar as if an hour glass.

Fall rolls around, leaves fall to annual death,
the cracking of life's decay beneath my steps. good description here

Weeks before winter I wonder if I'll feel alone.
Stuck inside with snow stacked high, life inside a winter globe.

Before I realize it, the first cold front is here.
After scraping off the sticky frost I put my car in gear. maybe putting car into gear is little bit forced rhyme

Looking out my foggy windshield I concur
winter's wake has come, anguish may occur.

My ambition could freeze like grass white with frost.
Or I could resist the cold notion, despite the cost.

Then I notice it on the drive,
the first snow fall has arrived.

I always forget it, the peace of mind
on a still day, a flake floats down tickling my spine.

Surrounded by falling snow I look up at winters wake.
It is now I foresee winter joy is mine to take.