Filagree
"A filigree of snow is fragile and lovely,
but even more beautiful when they are etched together."
~ quote by poet
Fine filigree motifs are being drawn on my window
Painted by the wind, holding a brush dipped in snow
Each pattern a fragile engraving in a different design
White roses climbing a trellis on their flowering vine
Soon, the frosted filigree will occlude the landscape
Snow covered hills blanketed by an alabaster drape
Never quite as beautiful as the white laced tapestry
created as if embroidered with snowflake majesty
My fingertips trace the threads as if they were fine lace
A meshwork of embellished tatting, frozen in place
Chilled, for a while, is this frost on each glass pane
until sunlight reigns. Such is their plight, their bane
Elegant scrollings that sparkle like diamonds, bright
Each delicate filigree will quickly disappear from sight
when radiant beams come alive at the waking of dawn
to become nothing more than puddles watering my lawn
February 18, 2023
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Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2023
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