The day’s heavy snows shroud dark thoughts

as the mind meanders to distant

threats known and unknown

and half believed.

Capture the whimsy

and embrace the chaotic

flakes which fall

always with their ordered crystalline structure

intact upon your

tongue.

Let out the disquiet inside with

a heavy sigh

expelled

as frosted air.

Sit in whispered contemplation

of a life less frantic

as you gently embrace

the day.

by Philip Wardlow 2014