Winter Solstice

Lullabies laced with ice slice into hibernating ears and fears of slipping away before day returns slip too in dream-filled solitude.

Bright clear sky scythes sleep like diamond knife through velvet and soft snow swaddles granite ground kissing world to winter with every falling flake.

Dark descends before Day's done ushers Night untimely borne on whispering winds scuttling frozen through naked trees.