Winter

Fresh tracks
‘cross new fallen snow.
Pristine crystals, blue hues
caught in fragile frozen lace.

Brambles, bushes
once attired in warm Spring green.
Now fashionable Winter finery
adorns their spindled fingers.

Sparkling, it lies heavy
blinding bright--reflecting
cold sunlight, a stark contrast
to Spruce’s ‘evergreen’.

Peeking through drifts, tufts of wild wheat
shiver in the blustery air
Silence echoes, in the still
meadow at dawn’s break.

Robin yet slumbers
head tucked beneath wing;
Nose twitching against bitter cold
I retreat to my warm burrow and sleep.

Winter's come, once more.

Graci
copyright 2000 -- Lorrie Workman
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