Winter Shadows

Yesterday's afternoon sunshine

revealed long shadows of passers-by

and I mourned, lightly,

the lost moments of playing shadow tag with Georgia ss

at three, four, five—

maybe even six.

 

Now eleven, she's a bit above acknowledging the magic of shadows,

though perhaps it's the frigid air and icy ground

that discourage.

Or is it Nana whose response to cold air

and the long trek home

is not playful but urgent?

Nana's goal is Georgia's warm house.

Nana doesn't do well in the cold.

Nana can admire snowfalls

and Jack Frost's handiwork on windowpanes,

but her admiration takes place

from the safety and relative warmth

of indoors.

 

Time enough for shadow-play

when the days are longer

and air is milder.

 

 

 

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