Spring Pandemic Snow
Spring Pandemic Snow
David Hirst
At first, fat flakes fall
on limbs where tiny twigs,
like fragile fingers, meet
to form fulcrums.
These gentle hollows
cradle the cold captives,
feathering minute nests,
forming downy pillows.
Then, as cadential snow falls,
the pillows puff up
casting lines down
the broadening boughs.
We, frail fellowship
of humanity, huddled now
in small clusters cloistered,
shelter in the arms of love.
Spinning out onto the web,
a network of human kindness,
shared in word, song, and smile
broadening our reach.
Into the core, the root of our being
this connectivity holds
us in tender triangles where
tiny fingers meet.
David Hirst
At first, fat flakes fall
on limbs where tiny twigs,
like fragile fingers, meet
to form fulcrums.
These gentle hollows
cradle the cold captives,
feathering minute nests,
forming downy pillows.
Then, as cadential snow falls,
the pillows puff up
casting lines down
the broadening boughs.
We, frail fellowship
of humanity, huddled now
in small clusters cloistered,
shelter in the arms of love.
Spinning out onto the web,
a network of human kindness,
shared in word, song, and smile
broadening our reach.
Into the core, the root of our being
this connectivity holds
us in tender triangles where
tiny fingers meet.
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