Silent night

It’s snowing tonight, white speckles sifting through the skies to alight gently upon the ground. There is a gentle – almost imperceptible – rustle to snowfall, and an insulative quality to the resulting covering that blankets the world. There is a glow, too, that is incomparable to anything else.

In this white noise of shushtering silence I find calm – peace – if only for a moment.

Winter mornings…

the inexplicable comfort

of sitting in a darkened room

peering out onto a snow covered landscape

awash in a purplish glaze

tungsten dabbing windows with its glow

filigree tree branches delicate against gray sky