SEASONS GROW OLD

SEASONS GROW OLD

old age -
afternoon naps
peaceful,
asleep without bitterness

his old stove
seldom used
a radio sings him to sleep -
resting now - more frequently

oh - those winter days of old
sweet breads baking on a stove,
his hands…
aren't baking now

silent
alone…
as he stares to his window pane,
tree limbs
bare
a window - covered in frost

dreaming, I suppose

"Will I see another Spring?"

your garden, twisted sticks
those friends, the crows –
have headed south

inside
almost all the time -
no energy to climb stairs
tougher then he ever dreamed.

a finger – reaches to
a frosted window pane
etching as a child
as if - he just touched snow.

Nancy Duci Denofio
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LONELY PEOPLE

LONELY PEOPLE

sad to find no pleasure
from one to smile back –
or a gentle touch –
as fingers swipe across
ones’ face

people - back away
tremble inside – yelling
without telling - please
step aside

lonely for those people
who stare from a window
waiting patiently for a
sign of life

once frolicking inside
ones’ home with friends of
friends and relatives – now
gone

how chasing a butterfly
or watching a grasshopper
made children shudder –
when spiders crawled

life becomes empty
when you are one -

waiting in silence for
one – only one
to return
from dust.

Nancy Duci Denofio
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