Winter lays bare our innermost secrets
Mellowed by autumn mist—that’s gospel truth—
After summer daydreams forestalled regrets
Of spring follies as exuberance of youth.
© Ilija Lukić 2023
Mist-laden, bone-chilling, hearthside winter days have a way of stripping mortal perspectives on life of woolgathering, revealing unalloyed truths inherent to bare bones of reality.
Truth Revealed
(Midwinter on Jordan Lake NC)
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