WINTER

 

A soft white star gently descends from the heavens

Until it is consumed by the warm earth.

Another follows,

    And yet another, continuing until

The firm terra is blanketed with a brilliant

cover of white softness.

 

Mother Nature has laid out a protective covering,

   for her fragile child, from the cold.

So much beauty for the mere human.

We cannot comprehend her wisdom.

How could we know what she plans next?

 

Her sense of love for the earth is awesome.

She never abandons it for even a moment.

Always changing and rearranging her decorations.

The snow quiets us and prepares us for something

more awesome than nature.

 

His birth.

 

11-2-92

Jennifer Kelbaugh