I think this is a well penned poem, it flows well and I like the detailed description because it portrays a vivid image.
I also liked how you started at the Lindley House and got back at it again.

Thanks, Jenni.

The Lindley House is supposed to be symbolic of death, as it is the cold that surely awaits.
As time passes, and youth escapes us, leaving the wise oak, we often wonder were the time went, but we were all so enthusiactic to grow up.

In the end, we want to be young again but cannot, and we start to wonder beyond the bounds of death (old Lindey House)

Not only do I think you write special poetry, but mature poetry too, this is one of the rare wise poems that I have EVER read over this entire website.

you started this poem with a very interesting opening stanza, you kept some mysteriousness that made me feel really interesting in unlocking them, and wanted to dive into the depths of this poem, and i was not disapoined at all.

the closing stanza is incredible nailed, I believe with just some attention by others, you'd end up on the front page countless time.

I appreciate this poem.
thank you

I can't add much to what the ladies have said, they are the experts :) but your work rocks, you are down to earth and don't get carried away with metaphors, they're good at times but can be over done. The simplicity of your work is what makes it better than most

Keep writing

Another simple write of life..where children
rush to grow up fast then yearn to goback when they grow up! Liked the images..well written!

AMAZING:) I love this poem:) 5/5 from me:)

This read like a short story, so many images and it made me remember how I felt so safe and comfortable as a child inside the house when it was winter. The sort of safety and peace of mind that somehow evaporates once you become an adult, and you realize the hardship you have to overcome is not presented by nature, but by the others. "Hell is the others"is something Jean Paul Sartre once said, an he was so right.

Well done,

5/5 Ingrid

Creates such wonderful imagery in the min of the reader, or at least did for me :)