Ohio Snow

in the shadows
the others cling
to the mothering
trees

backlit by
some sunny orange blanket
sky

beneath heaven
and quilted clouds
passing
by

scattering
this way to that
flowing
here to there

we are

never more than grey
never knowing the way

we are

the last downy flakes
drifting
through the silence
after the storm
of a season

| Edmund Vazquez | Ohio Snow | © December 1995 |