Winter’s Day and Warm Hearts

By: Poppy

I walked along the frozen shoreline

On a blistery Februarys winter’s day

Of my Nova Scotia homeland

In a little rustic cabin hideaway

Broken lobster traps along the shore

Heavy surf pounding in my ears

The sun on the Atlantic combers

Sparkled like diamond coated tears

To live here I counted myself lucky

This place where poets love to dream

Another mile I walked in this dreamscape

Of a Higher Power’s master scheme

I saw my granddaughter feeding bunnies

Red rosy cheeks smiling ear to ear

Five years old and made of questions

And so much with her I want to share

So holding hands we stroll together

The young warming the heart of the old

As long as I know she is close to me

I will never feel that earthly cold…