Snow Train

As the snow is
tidal in the trees,
consider the tracks

and the dark tons
asthmatic with steam,
cold as the moon`s slight

black as the stars are hidden,
perfect as a pulse of wheel;
dead crate of steel

that rests and waits
then moves by magic
quiet through the ice night.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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April 4, 2015 at 6:44 AM
Absolutely wonderful! Its a blessed and wonderful weekend for me, chilling out with poetic lines so fine and touching
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