Friday, February 17, 2012

watch rain turn to snow


watch rain turn to snow

as flakes fall they struggle for their

ephemeral dominance

as the temperature turns just so

they emerge in a slow fall of self-creation

quiet seeps from the ground

settles within our own cold atmospheres


clouds pause



c. 2012, Martin A. Bartels (working draft)
part of my new collection, "Unlanguage."

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