First Frost

An ice cold sky laced with snow Accompany winters first frost Frigid air stalked blackbirds Tip toeing with frozen feet. Grey trees wake to a frost sapping Morn, the first to welcome the New dawn, their grey beards of Frost hang limply in the cold air. Roads tempting drivers with black Ice to hurry with fevers of sleep Sapping brain and eyes. They are Lucky to be cocooned in a metal box. Farmers and others working outside Testing body against cold with every Step. Once even I had to caress A snow hole for warmth and life. All must embrace winters cold kiss, Remembering you cannot out wit Natures sometimes swift hard fist, It writes a superior page.