Winter

Winter, winter, how I feel your icy touch The earth is under your freezing clutch I hear the roar of gales from far The sky is overcast without a single star Icicles hang from the boughs of leafless trees Nowhere can one spot the buzzing summer bees Birds sit with wings drooping in their woody nests From our sight, have departed all the beasts Trees stand sleeping in the biting cold And the sun has lost its sheen of gold From nowhere comes the song of a single bird On the slopes, none can sight the grazing herd Roof tops are crusted with flakes of snow Which the sun with sharp beams alone can thaw Piles of snow lie heaped on the barren ground And the entire Earth in a sea of ice drowned Busy streets and pavements are now lying bare People stay indoors and to go out, they hardly dare The rodents have gone into hibernation in their ditch And life altogether has gone out of pitch In the smiting chill of a dreadful wintry night When even through our bones, we feel the cold bite How we like to sit cocooned beside the hearth Sipping a cup of steaming tea in rising mirth In such quiet hours, one can peruse into the pages of tomes That will transport you to enchanting magical zones Or engage in a hearty chat with friends and family Thus turning even the bleakest hours, sweet and lively