Winter Is A Big Deal Here

Winter is a big deal here,

it comes in bits and pieces,

autumn is hanging on,

the colors fading in one

last and defiant cry.

The winter comes to kiss

the Fall, to say goodbye,

Autumn lingers, dawdles,

hangs around.

Winter is a big deal here,

it creeps in slowly,

the trees are bare,

the leaves turning brown,

the nights cold,

the mornings dark,

the dry wood popping

in the stove.

The animals at the feeder,

inside the Pole Barn.

Winter is a big deal,

scary and beautiful.