….

O! cold, bright day,

  not feeling the best –

Where went the spark

  of deep interest?

Now, come what may,

  stop stealing the rest –

Here sent the start

  to keep what was left.

The old might say,

  revealing repressed,

“There vent the heart,

  to seek the bereft.”

To hold what may,

  that dealing with zest –

Where went the spark

  to keep interest?

~

©2013, Marvin Loyd Welborn

28 October 2013