FROZEN DUST


Look through the window
Snow is falling
Waving back and forth
Watch the winter dance

The trees still green
Leafs turning white
As they gather
The first flakes

Children playing
Looking up to the sky
Blinking as the snow
Touches their eyes

Dreams of the past
Come alive as people slide
Falling to the ground
With cheerful delight

Last winter was dry
But this early snow
Brings promises of the cold
It falls harder now

It is a strain to see across the street
But still they play
The grass a milky green
Thought of a snowman

They gather the snow
And try to pile it into a ball
But it won�t stick
Just melts in their hands

November chill in the air
Christmas not far away
The rain has changed
To frozen dust


Michael V Hechtman