Winter Solstice

Winter lashes out with awful fury knowing the solstice means her time soon will end. That tail between legs hangs as days lenghten and land frozen and icy will begin to warm. Winter's raging blizzards coat land white with massive dirfts of snow that block passage through the lanes and tracks. Pristine glittering icicles adorn trees. Lakes frozen solid, dimly glimpsed fish swim beneath. While on banks shy snowdrops peek and carefully open their petals one by one. Yet still Winter tightens her grip stubbornly. The days slowly lengthen and sun warms earth only to be plunged back into an icy freeze. For a while longer Winter rejoycing reigns But Spring will soon relentlessly march in.