A Biting Hush

Why winter is disliked, deemed depressing.

"Dead of winter".

Oh but the fall is so romantic,
trees are dying and crumbling beneath your feet.

A violent fight for life.

Rusted, bleeding, jaundiced, and soiled leaves
piling up and rotting into the ground,

like war casualties.

Winter comes clear and sharp,
covering the indecent sidewalks,
with royal sheets.

Comforting the needles on the branches,
Standing alone in disorganized rows.

Muffling the world with silence,
becoming so loud
only thoughts can be heard.

Giving opportunity to make fresh tracks like,
Shackleton in the Antarctic
conquering new land.

Taking away disease from gluttonous summer,
sterilizing it beneath its hooded frost.
Rekindling fires, flames, and smoke.

Reminding your mind,
planting evidence of new life when Spring will come.

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