A snowy night

sudden change

 

A Snowy Night

 

This year, the soft fluffy

snow has drifted across

the land, to new worlds

who seem to welcome it

with open arms…

the whispering sounds

beneath their feet,

have wakened the frightful air

 

The clouds whoosh by leaving a

frigid chill in its wake,

that crystallized like a layer

of frost coating a glass pane,

on a typical cold dewy morning.

 

The temperature dropped

like a freefalling eagle,

in chase of its prey,

as the ground thickens to crunch.

 

The updraft paints their faces red

while the flakes

placed a permanent smile

upon each lip,

and the sudden silence  

they waited for,

fell upon deaf ears.

 

As the roaring fire is the sky

crinkles, each arm

of the flaming embers

reach the frozen ground,

embracing it like

a triangle sounding

with pings in breeze.

 

The crackling drowns

the morning rise…

a wall of fire skips across

the surface

shifting colors,

erasing evidence

of the previous night.

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Some very nice descriptions of the snow. I think "waken" should be "wakened" at the end of the first verse to avoid tense confusion there.

[Wildfleour]

Lovely, Ralphy. Be careful, you're tarnishing your Bad Boy image with this gentle write.

[Emmie]

Ooohhh... nice one. I really like it because you ended on a different note than you began. You almost made it seem like a secret in a way, if You know what I'm saying... if not, thats ok. Well Done.