Nighttime Snowfall

Nighttime snowfall, another dimension

This land is other worldly

Just an expanse of white

Oh how I need this night!

Quiet, Dark, and Magic

Only the whisper of the wind

And the flutter of snowflakes

My own footsteps too loud to bear

Tamarack like a skeleton looming large

Illuminated by the solitary upstairs light

Pastures bedded in fluff

As if enveloped in a down comforter

This land is like a tomb

Silent, Cold, and Damp

Or maybe like a womb

Peaceful, Comforting, and Soft

Can it not be both?

I want to be a snow angel

To lie down and sleep forever

My heartbeat the only sound I hear

As snowflakes land softly

Like butterfly kisses on my cheeks

Tamarack the morning after.