Snow

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Snow gathers at dawn, covering everything like a blanket, changing the landscape from green to white. The change of seasons like the change of the guard, marking the passing of time, marking the way things keep going forward.


Outside, in the cold of life, I watch the flakes drift down. Wind blows, an enchanting song, through bare limbs of trees dancing. Empty streets greet me. A voyage began in snow. 


Evidence of the past, minutes or hours journeyed, found in the places I did tread through snow and ice. The future bare and full of promise. 


Walking, following a path so few find, my thoughts linger upon the mysteries of the unknown.

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