Stilled Life

brightness
mocks the darkness
furrowed footprints
wander
across the blank page
blown clean
by gusty gales
cold taunts lifeless trees
a lone leaf dances
to a distant drummer

©12/27/2022

Winter Storm Poetry Contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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