Thank God for Warm Clothes!

Today--one degree;
Will we keep sinking lower,
Or rise with the sun?

Icy snow shines bright
In the woods across the street--
Crystalline gleaming.

Whisked clouds in blue sky;
Warm pungent smell of the barn;
(Fingers are freezing).

 

Silently they dart
Out of trees into bushes--
Little birds searching.

Shadow on the rock,
An early morning etching.
Catch it while you can!

Frost above stream;
Ice slowly taking over--
War of elements.

Now without the sun
The dead orange leaf is dull.
(It glowed yesterday).

Road side stream is ice;
The world's becoming frozen.
Thank God for warm clothes!