Long Winter Nights

When the last leaves blow off the maple trees

And the geese have all taken flight

The days start getting shorter

And I look forward to long winter nights.

I walk around the beautiful city

and enjoy all the colorful lights

Music plays wherever I wander

and I stand there and take in the sights

I watch all the people around me

smile more than the rest of the year

Something about the great winter

Fills the heart with more love and great cheer.

At times I go up to the mountains

and take a walk in the new fallen snow

The trees are now bowing before me

kissed by the snowflakes and winds as they blow.

I sit on a rock on the hillside

I look down at the city below

The silence that whispers around me

Enhances the faint smell of pine trees that grow

When the sun ducks behind that big mountain

I make my way home from the hills

I make popcorn and savor hot chocolate

as the snow gathers on my windowsills

At nighttime I lay near the fireplace

hoping I will spot a few deer

and watching the snow as it's falling

as I dream of the coming new year.