Snow's silence pervades -

Circling my mind,

Ice tendrils complete with thorns

Binding my heart and soul,

Lonely and peaceful,

Still and anasthetic,

Rejuvenating rest.

The scene shatters,

Stifling heat radiates through,

From summer's cruel eye,

The abusive heat stare

Of afternoon sun, asphyxiating.

Winter's brilliant dream

Shimmering and evaporating,

As the last wisps of crystals

Travel heavenward,

Lost to fragmented

Memory.