The fierce winter
gales
Howl all through the night
Whipping up the seas
And turning wave tops white
The poor souls at sea
On the dark winter night
In the teeth of the tempest
Feel it’s savage bite
And pray to their gods
To save them from their plight
As the gale blows through
On the dark winter night
In the frost filled meadow
I watch the dawn’s
first rays
Beginning to melt the frost
In the majesty of winter
days
Beyond the snow-capped mountains
A brand new dawn
breaks
Night moved onward
into light
Across the land and
the lakes
Let the wind howl
Let the tempest blow
Bring forth the rain
Bring forth the snow
Then let the frost
bite
Let the ice crack
Then we can get
The winter sun back
The winter land lies
In suspended animation
Part of life’s eternal
cycle
And with it, paused
Is its Infinite
variety
But as the earth turns
Mother natures seed
waits
Beneath the February
snows
Winter maiden
Draped afresh
In a pure white
Unsullied cloak
Hugging her contours
Uncorrupted
In its perfect purity
Her Pristine draperies
Like crisp white linen
Lying undisturbed
Nature’s maiden
In her winter coat
