Snows in Heaven

Walking the

Forests of

Fluff and

Taffy and

Effervescence and

Wonder.

 

Where whiteness

Is highlighted

With roselight and blue

And cinnamon

 

Where each footstep

Is a declaration.

 

Where hearing expands

To supersonic.

 

I hear

The hooves of

Wild beasts

And strange glorious

Creatures.

 

And see in layers

In micros and macros

Where

A single flake

Falls

And is given honor.

 

One flake

Represents

Worlds

And galaxies

A cosmos

A flooding sky

A thought

A feeling

An experience.

 

Happily it melts

On the palm of

My hand

But does not

Grieve

Nor cry

 

 

It is eternal

Appearing again

On a lash

Or a wing

Or a shoe

Or a cheek.

 

I walk

Through highlands

Of swaying snow

Surrounded

By blankets

 

And I percieve

Such a welcome

From the compactment

Of Living Water.

 

(c) 2023, Nikki Lyn Pugh

Image by: jarmoluk