WINTER WISHES

snowfall in the city
clean white on dirty gray
and even the thieves and muggers
take a holiday

ice gleams on the pavement
a bus and a car collide
and even the bums and addicts
have found their way inside

and I'm going home
going home, going home
to wrap myself in warm, white fleece
to wrap myself in winter wishes
to dangle in a night of peace

snowflakes swirl in the streelight
all the storefronts locked up tight
say goodnight




words © 2000 Richard Isen