Winter Sonnet

Those that must have fled the alien shore or sought respite at home, secure in knowledge that when the time is right they will resume their never-ending fight The piccturesque masks danger deep within, ice covered pools with surfaces too thin to bear the weight of unsuspecting feet, a thin white line where sky and landfall. And yet, hope springs eternal year by year - a Christmas rose, all white, will oft' appear to contrast with the red of robin's breast, both with with the strength to fight the Winters' test. Against the harshest elements to stand another year, just as nature planned.