Winter

is a skillful designer

Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash

Winter
has spun a scarf
for every tree,
woven threads of 
frosty gray and
filmy gleam.

Winter
has knit a robe
for all the earth-
soft as silk
or cloud's embrace,
and light as mirth.

Winter
has stitched the skies
with dexterous skill,
in azure, cream,
and soft cerise-
and made a quilt.

Winter
has lit the lights
up in the sky,
she'll work by lamplight
'til hours slow
and sunstreaks rise.