Upon Being in Snow for the First Time

By December 24, 2024December 26th, 2024Poetry

White, crystalline, cloudy sky,
     I’m tucked inside…
     I am tucked inside–
         so snugly tucked `neath
             a blanketed world,
             a quiet world…

The moon glares sharp on the frozen fields!
     My spirit yields,
     My     spirit     yields.
         The cold won’t bite–
              it gently squeezes
                  the breath
                          out
                             of
                                my
                                      lungs.

To touch this powder to my lips–
      It freshens me.
      It frightens me
          to touch it to my mind.

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