Will No One Invite Me In

Will no one invite me to the hearth

to raise a cup of cheer

to share in joy and song and mirth

to pass a day so drear?

Doth hide within my cold, cold soul

a raging forlorn swell

a desire to thaw, to find a role

a place in which to dwell

I cannot rest, destined to roam

I knock upon the door

I creep into the swaddled home

To slide across the floor

No entrance to the fold I gain

No quarter to be found

No wonder I turn drops of rain

To ice flung to ground


(c) Denise Moncrief 2010


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