Ben Macnair
Winter's global tapestry
Icicles hang like silence
While the last of the summer waits in a puddle of raindrops.
The spider's webs hang in the air,
Half spun, half finished, and half undone.
Virgin snow falls in December,
And the children are the first to make their mark.
Winter weaves a tapestry of snow white,
Crimson leaves, and deep black night.
Shades of long shadow, and breath in freezing air,
Highlight the season.
The last of the rain falls from trees,
The first of the snow falls from snowmen,
Melted and gone,
Leaving nothing but coal eyes and buttons,
And a carrot nose.
Icicles hang like silence,
While the last of the summer evaporates in a puddle of raindrops.
October ghost and November firework,
December presents and January's new hopes,
The old feeling the season,
And the children learning the ropes:
From the melancholia in the air to hope being reborn,
Icicles hang like silence,
While the last of the summer freezes in a puddle of raindrops.
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