January Wind

Fate hangs my dreams 
Before my eyes
On fragile threads that glisten
In the noon-day sun
Tantalizingly close,
While not yet within reach
Playing Catch-Me-if-You-Can
With the best laid promises 

My future hangs in the balance,
Wrapped up in the beat 
Of one man's heart,
Held in the palm of another's;
Tied to the tail of a January wind,
As erratic as the weather, 

Obsessions become passions
Woven into the clockworks
With Camellias and Plum blossoms,
Threatening to unravel with the sunset
Leaving Carnation petals
Floating on the wake. 

Will destiny drift above the clouds
On the promise of sunshine,
Or find me catching snowflakes
On my tongue? 

Only time will tell.


january 2009
Janet Reid



Note: The Camellia is the emblem of January in Japan, 
the Plum blossom is the emblem of January in China 
and the Carnation is January's birth flower. 






Awarded by Poetic Constellations ~ Brandon