Cold frozen time
the forest shocked
its vitality stolen by a thief
silhouettes now
standing stark round frozen lake
robbed of blush and autumn leaf
Harsh bitter day
the land suspicious
‘neath sky a sketch of pallid blue
The Sun burns heatless
through branches stippled
hardened with the frozen dew
Cold damp clings
fighting ‘gainst its melting clutch
and desperate not to stir the still
No breeze no song from any treetop
just a distant crow’s
protesting shrill
Grass and ferns
stiffened white
deprived of wave and colour
A vole scuttles by
a rabbit pricks his ears
both wary there’s no shielding cover
But evergreen pines
stand unconcerned
waiting for the snow to fall
The forest sleeps
but shivers not
unstirred and still so beautiful
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