My First Taste Of Winter Snow

From beneath, 

I watch the snowflakes dance diligently 

Winter's graceful fire flies, 

hovering around the lamp light's amber glow 

My eyelashes, 

adorned with wet, 

glistening, 

glittering jewels 

Crimson cheeks and cold violet nose... 

violently painted;

vibrant brushstrokes of the biting breeze,

leave a blushing

almost

...bruise

Silently... 

I look on, 

as the fields are gently blanketed in a still... 

shimmering, snowy beauty

Cars and roads, 

draped dramatically, 

in a thick alabaster, 

velvet veil 

I witness the trees trimmed, 

in winter's bespoke ball gowns of spectacular, 

stitched sequins 

An archaic scene of sublime winter wonder...

a vivid vision of awe...

my eyes will, 

never

...forget  

The wailing winds,

fill my ears as they echo

...eerily

all around me 

Crisp white snow 

underfoot, 

sings out its stark, 

staccato song

I watch as everything before me is iced in fine, 

fanciful icing sugar

Coated in winter's ashen... 

aesthetic... 

majestic... 

mesmerising...

fairy-dust

my first taste of winter's

stunning, 

...snow fall

  

© Debbie Razey 2019 both poem and image