Winter Escape
Winter tends the garden
with leaf piles and broken branch
nets of security and cover
refuge for all the woodland creatures
as they slip in and out the windy cold.
Within the graying skies
a purple blush blends the clouds
mixes in the light and dark
with eerie anticipation
of the bleak white snows to come.
Walking the pathways
once lined with bloom and blossom
all that remains is
browned stick remnants of summer warm
hidden beneath the grass and scattered leaves.
Beneath the earth
secured safe and protected
bulb, seed and root hold firm
renewing themselves for spring
buried deep and unseen in their winter escape.
Copyright © DM Babbit | Year Posted 2019
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