The 365 Project Pt. II

winter regardless
twists and pushes
upward and around
no smile or frown
just the work of cold
blown powder prism
reimagined impermanence
rounding off corners
and points dulling
the sharpness of
dawn skittering across
windows crackling
howling at no moon
pelting hunkered
rabbits shuddering
against inevitability

winter regardless
expands and
contacts barely
obeying invisible
boundaries of high
and low
no discontent
no seeds of death
merely perseverance
and purpose
without malice
or vengeance

winter regardless
rises in arabesques
and falls
fainting in spirals
of shimmering
temporary
powders
of cold

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