February 


Snow falls like petals /

Over your soft countenance /

Framing your beauty /

Spring comes only to see you /

And weeps joyful rains of tears /


Your footpaws blooming /

As lush green meadows quicken /

At your lovely laugh /

Summer creeps close so slowly /

Breezing warmly through your fur /


Even soaked, your scent /

A fragrance to wear daily /

By sunset seasides /

Autumn brings with it the cold /

Though your paw in mine brings warmth /


Your coat remains thin /

But worries carry like leaves /

Already fallen /

Yet when winter wakes again /

My heart breaks as you do not /


You're cold as ice, now /

Frozen in time and my mind /

Still amid the snow /

The wind and I are howling /

Left mourning February.


-Charles Michael Averin