Snow: A Poem

We just had our first snowfall of the season, so here’s a poem about snow I wrote years ago, revised and partially edited. It still needs some work… but still has potential too.

Snow

Snow is flakes of nature 
packed full of contradictions
landing wherever it will  
humbly unaware of
the untamable weather of
its own propriety

A provisional blanket 
offering no safety or warmth

A flurry of chaos
intensifying belated calm

A cacophony of panic
resting in eventual peace

A thick opaque coat 
sparkling with a thin sheen

A din of l…