Snowflake

born within the eternal fire pure and clean bursting free streaking outward through endless space going on word in endless race chaos swirls defying forms heat and cold by friction moved mountain’s high and valleys low while rivers racing between them go rock is warmed by golden light then chilled again by dark of night stresses struggle without resolve till fractures grow there within water lies so deep and cold surface struck by bright light moist mists above it forms carried by the flowing breeze carried onto distant shore rushing over lush green trees rising higher ever more into the sky racing high turning cycles of dark and light endless flexing of solid stone warmth of day and cold of night constant changing without raindrops fall so clean and pure flowing free without a form filling all where it does lie till there is no room for more tiny cracks within the stone growing there oh so slow connecting then at long last flake so tiny breaks then away lifted up by racing wind freed from earth of rocks and soil climbing high into the sky flying free upon the breeze together now they do dance until then they embrace and within the sky they grow first wispy white then growing dark in heat of sun they do fly racing upwards into the sky lifting air now so thin carries them not to higher be till so high in bitter cold shining crystal there are formed slowly then begin to fall flying faster along the way through cold mists as they fall they do grow as a seed crystals now in glimmering light in cold mists it does grow freed from clouds it does break drifting down upon the breeze till at last again to earth it does lie within our gaze