{"sf1_id":1137171,"sf2_id":"Rm07LJve","title":"February","author":"charles_they","words":149,"posted_at":"2017-02-03T21:58:09.000Z","tags":["Clean","Love","Melancholy","Poem","Poetry","Tanka","narrative"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1137171-february","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm07LJve","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/74/e2/74e2033f-e251-410f-aac0-8cde17f6c534","description":"A melancholy seasonal narrative constructed from five tankas.","content":"### February\u0026nbsp;\n\nSnow falls like petals /\n\nOver your soft countenance /\n\nFraming your beauty /\n\nSpring comes only to see you /\n\nAnd weeps joyful rains of tears /\n\nYour footpaws blooming /\n\nAs lush green meadows quicken /\n\nAt your lovely laugh /\n\nSummer creeps close so slowly /\n\nBreezing warmly through your fur /\n\nEven soaked, your scent /\n\nA fragrance to wear daily /\n\nBy sunset seasides /\n\nAutumn brings with it the cold /\n\nThough your paw in mine brings warmth /\n\nYour coat remains thin /\n\nBut worries carry like leaves /\n\nAlready fallen /\n\nYet when winter wakes again /\n\nMy heart breaks as you do not /\n\nYou're cold as ice, now /\n\nFrozen in time and my mind /\n\nStill amid the snow /\n\nThe wind and I are howling /\n\nLeft mourning February.\n\n* * *\n\n-Charles Michael Averin","series":{"name":"Poetry Postings","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1136077-obituary.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1141641-survey.json"}}