Winter

Summertime
Makes me think
Of winter snow sleet
Rain pattering on windows
Roof or patio but warm and safe
Indoors reading watching TV or
Playing board games listening
To the wind whistle cold out
Side and the summer heat
I feel now seems not so
Bad even with damp
Humidity rather like
Remembering our
Friends who are
Far away but
Longingly
Fondly
Missed so
When we do
Get to be with
Them are all
The more to
Cherish.
Memories
Are our life
Old and new
Treat them as
Pearls to wear
Rather than put
Away out of sight
And mind, keep
Them lustrous
If only with
A text or
Call.