A Slow Boat to Purgatory
Some say that snow is sleep. I say That snow is but the rest Of clouds upon earth’s surface laid To soothe the forest’s breast, To calm the souls that linger there Beneath an age of leaf That hides within it’s brindle flesh Whole galaxies of seed. Some say that snow is chill. I say That snow is but a shawl Draped over stones of silence, That such silence shelter all. And in such silence seal within The brook beneath the glass, That when the sun shall set it free Our dreams to sea shall pass.Some say that snow is death. I say That snow is but the prayer Said when soul in winter’s glade Calls the body from its lair, To stand within the last of light, Becoming less than air, To leave behind what came before In the shadows dawn prepares.

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Some say that snow is sleep. I say
That snow is but the rest
Of clouds upon earth’s surface laid
To soothe the forest’s breast,
To calm the souls that linger there
Beneath an age of leaf
That hides within it’s brindle flesh
Whole galaxies of seed.

Some say that snow is chill. I say
That snow is but a shawl
Draped over stones of silence,
That such silence shelter all.
And in such silence seal within
The brook beneath the glass,
That when the sun shall set it free
Our dreams to sea shall pass.

Some say that snow is death. I say
That snow is but the prayer
Said when soul in winter’s glade
Calls the body from its lair,
To stand within the last of light,
Becoming less than air,
To leave behind what came before
In the shadows dawn prepares.

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/inverse/some_say_that_snow.php

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