Winter's Fantasies

Winter’s Fantasies Winter walks the mountain hills at nightfall Breathlessly awaiting evening’s first flakes of snow, An alpine carnival that rowdy clouds threatened to toss upon their faces; When, at last, the brumaled storm releases a snowy masquerade Sweet serenity fills dusky eyes with wistful fantasies of twirling snowflakes, Visions of barren aspen arms embracing shivering jewels of glittering glitz, A carnival of crystalline jubilee in wind whipped flakes. Winter smiles as the evening sky slowly turns her dark side inside out From black to white to turquoise and to blue The moon slow pulls herself above these mountain hills in festival To ride a winter sky watching over midnight’s silver shimmering earth Alive with twinkling moonbeam stars, bright refractions of sisters in the sky, When the mountains glimmer cold as midnight – blue as stars – Wearing new ermine alpine furs -cloaks of argent sparkle. 1-12-22 Contest: Winter Wonders within Nature Sponsor: M.L. Kiser