To Where a Snowflake Dies

A war in heaven reluctantly concedes
To the lullaby's in the night singing softly
Covering us in heavenly whisper blows
As feathers falling light so intense and gracefully 
Escaping God's whitened watery coves

And somewhere up above
I believe there are angels also grooming
Thus, for the twilight showing, shedding as they rush
The world as such, always in a hurry
But, for an instance and out of nowhere
An avalanche of marvel captivates the hush

And in my distant mind I most certainly can relate
As to the stars and ancient sands of grain
My tongue tasting these miracles of wonder
Reaching further to acquiesce
In greetings, to miniature designs
Crafted out of God's very hands of great

While, celestial bodies move
Constant shadows consume
Around assumptions of the human mind 
Thus, begins the dusk and ends 
To the place where a snowflake dies

Look around
Who is it that seems to care
Or thinks to ponder the manual labor input here
With hammers, chisels, nuts and bolts
Never to witness to a mere mistake
Or upon discovery any kind of error

Yet, I listen… to the silence…
Extracting all its pleasure
Before, another million frigid seedlings ashen
Met with daunting fate
And in the still of tranquil
Neither snowflake cries out or offers up complaints

For a day
Or merely several nights evermore
A complex purpose
Or to thus, a simpler existence
Then, I pause...
Unto supposition, as I meditate the message

Guesses drift off, into what's last unknown
Of the never ending knowing
Embracing their provident life
Watch as they embrace each other closer
In a bank of ice, waiting for the melting

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 5/21/2012 10:39:00 PM
Yes, this is marvelous writing. Rhyme can be a bit restricting when one wants to say things precisely like you have done here, and yet I think the right people can do both styles very well. The whole stanza that begins like this: Yet, I listen… to the silence…(this is stunning!) my favorite part.
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Date: 5/21/2012 10:36:00 PM
So you have been here a year then? This is your first poem. I will check this one out now.
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Date: 5/7/2011 9:19:00 PM
Michael,, Congratulations on your featured poem this week... Wishing you a wonderful mothers day.. :-) p.d.
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Date: 5/2/2011 4:43:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Michael. Love, Carol
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Date: 5/1/2011 1:49:00 PM
Congratulations on your poem being featured this week, Michael
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Date: 4/24/2011 3:08:00 PM
The ending was just marvelous ;) Light & Love
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