Into the Deep

Silently white snow falling Covering the ground in a pristine blanket Purest white, luminous in the night Muffling the silence of the night Into an even deeper reflection Stillness not of the head, but of the soul. I sit quiet and let the blank spaces fill me Driving out the pain Driving out the sadness Driving out the regret Filling my emptiness with cold solace Slowly the snow stops Night sky is revealed An ebony quilt covered in dust-like jewels Too numb to twinkle. Dark trees reach winding limbs to catch the stars No wind moves them , Or disturbs the spliced flakes No wind cries in the night No animal howls its loneliness, No crying from my heart I am filled with stillness.