The Way Snow Falls

The snow comes reluctantly Like a child on day one of school Who clings to mom like she's a jewel, But nothing stays pure forever If you look close you could see As each one drops from the pool - Clouds to the wise, this to the fool: A white sheet in heaven's blue sea That like a wave goes on and on, As far as the limits of the eye. And the snow slowly says goodbye That the most patient would yawn Sleep and wake and it will be morn And from its path it will go awry As with style gravity it defies Yet the ground is covered by a lawn Of the fluffy white crushed ice Which causes land to be like the ocean With its blue a mere reflection, And just the same it does entice Kids to play and poets to write Of the borrowed beauty, Flaunted like a modern woman Does her wigs and things which wash off When it becomes warm. Copyright © 2011 Leslie Alexis