Its strange how the snow seem to
dissolve the color from the world
The trees and the sky and the lake
transformed into shades of grey
with blankets of white softening
the sharp edges of leafless plants
and jagged rocks
Sometimes deep within
a silent but raging snowstorm
the world looks timeless
ugly buildings and bulbous cars
hidden from sight
under mountains of soft billows
of crystallized sky
People stay in their homes
and the traffic stops
and you can pretend
for a few minutes
that we were never here
that we never invaded the Earth
never threw black soot into the tired sky
never ripped the ground to pieces looking
for the right kind of rock
sometimes i wish it could snow forever
that the cars and the buildings
and the people
could stay buried
and when the snow melts
the earth will find
that they have all
disappeared.
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016 at 5:12 PM UTC
Its strange how the snow seem to
dissolve the color from the world
The trees and the sky and the lake
transformed into shades of grey
with blankets of white softening
the sharp edges of leafless plants
and jagged rocks
Sometimes deep within
a silent but raging snowstorm
the world looks timeless
ugly buildings and bulbous cars
hidden from sight
under mountains of soft billows
of crystallized sky
People stay in their homes
and the traffic stops
and you can pretend
for a few minutes
that we were never here
that we never invaded the Earth
never threw black soot into the tired sky
never ripped the ground to pieces looking
for the right kind of rock
sometimes i wish it could snow forever
that the cars and the buildings
and the people
could stay buried
and when the snow melts
the earth will find
that they have all
disappeared.