the raining afternoons
the rising sun
the cold winter wind
the summers of fun
the long, dragging days
the fair-weather friends
the incomparable foes
the everlasting soul mate
the comfort to your woes
the hot chocolate welcomes
the cold hardwood floor
the lumpy down pillows
the neat (never!) haystacks
the ducks of bright yellows
the hens full of gossip
the dark dreary moments
the endless thunderstorms
the deafening silences and
the odd shapes they form
the shadows in the doorways
the stars bright above
the moon as it wanes
the howls of the wolves
the sounds of sorrow and of pain
the crying whilst trying to breathe
the new day that dawns
the sun that shines true
the feelings that you feel...
you surely can't take it with you...
unless you don't leave at all