Cold but not cold enough
neither fall nor spring
sparse and gray
the leafless trees glow blue
on distant hills where
the sun’s last rose-gold rays
gild a scalloped ridge
Not cold enough but cold
neither wintery nor warm
a hairline break
in January’s icy shell and
in the woods
small creatures stir
and on the branches: buds
Cold but not cold enough
though glowing clouds
portend a coming storm
and snow will swirl
and silence fall
for weeks or months until
the days lengthen again
© 2020, by Hannah Six
