The sky, aloof, engulfs my thoughts

A scatter of blue frost drops

Spatter across grass tops

My nostrils flare in my quickening breath

Cold earth, cold boughs, cold leaves -

I breathe it all in

Letting them envelop me

In a quiet embrace

The trees sigh, they let out

Their breath, so long captive

Within their hard bark

Ever peeling, ever discarding

Revealing renewed limbs

Shimmering in the dying day

Dancing in the breeze

Reaching for the sky, aloof