A LATE SNOW

 I WATCH SNOW FLAKES

COME DRIFTING DOWN

INVITING OTHERS

TO HIT THE GROUND

THEY FALL SO SLOWLY

UNLIKE THE RAIN

ACCUMULATING

WITHOUT RESTRAIN

TOGETHERNESS

TO CHANGE THE WORLD

TO MAKE IT FLUFFY

AS WHITE AS PEARL

THE SUMMER DECK

IS COVERED TOO

BETWEEN THE BOARDS

THE SNOW FALLS THROUGH

OUT ON THE HILLS

IT COVERS ALL

COATING GRASS BLADES

AND FIR TREES TALL

WHAT I WOULD GIVE

TO USE A SKILL

THAT COVERS EVIL

SO MEN WON’T KILL

THAT SOOTHES THE HEART

AWAY FROM HATE

TRANSFORMS THE WORLD

ITS STILL NOT TOO LATE

3/1/11, 8/12/15