Snowday

Covered in white -
not color,
but brilliance,
like sparkling sand
the sugary ice
muffles life.

So quiet it is,
so peaceful the world
right now
in the morning light -
not a wheel turning
on the road or in my head -
just listening -
to the sunny silence --

And Absalom purrs relentlessly.

agd 2.17.2015