~ Silence of Snow ~

The snow began to fall

huge flakes blanketing

limbs overhead

as the firs and pines

let go their long-held breath

in a fragrant sigh

The air was like cut crystal

the dawn sky so pale

it disappeared into itself

Drifting clouds huddled

as if the warmth of togetherness

would melt the snow

they carried in their bellies

Briefly the silence was broken

by the muffled thud

of the heaver sound of hail

striking deep in the packed pine needles

bouncing crazily

on the frozen ground

with stinging cold

The hail pocked the snow

making it dance

disappearing

into and becoming one

returning to the silence of snow

© December 2007
Carole Mathys