Snow

First a raindrop, a cold and icy core then a whitened flake joined by one or two more; clustered gatherings before the storm a build of slow intensity as snow begins to form; Come now winter once more to its return drawn earthen shadows no longer warmed by downed leaves forlorn. Gray tunes in the day, as all creatures feasting slip away in the mist and quiet flow this day of blue to shades of white and gray.