First Flakes

Yesterday

I could have sworn

So clearly seen that I cannot but mourn

Those first fast-falling flakes that adorn

The trees no more

And my fondest wishes scorn.

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My first thought was to play

When I saw those falling fractals yesterday

But all too soon they've gone away

Much as I wish that they could stay

Sadly, them I could not sway

To wait with me until today

But in earnest shall I pray

That I'll see them again tomorrow,

If not today.

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I did not see the snow today,

As it fell in slow, happy puffs

As my breath before me puffed

I did not see the snow this morning,

Nor yet again as I went walking.

But I know it's hiding there

So, I cannot help but stare

Waiting

Waiting

For the darkening of the sky

For the puffy fractals to fly

For the crunch of fresh-fallen white

On a chill December night