Wintertime Commune

by Sabrina Peralta Bier Bierman

In the winter we move

humans

a collective unit

 from place to place

to keep warm

In the winter 

death

it becomes us all

Of the ego

Of past lives

death

 ensnares us

it creates room 

for new life

In the winter we remain

humans

a collective unit

in shared spaces

for prolonged periods

to grow closer

some are left 

in the cold

to freeze

but all is well

for Birth follows

In the spring

life

 it becomes us all