Snowflakes
United they come as the winter dawns,
Blanketing white, the hedges and the lawns.
Formed in the sky, millions of icy shapes,
For the trees, make the perfect winter capes!
Swirling slowly as they descend,
Young and old, they befriend.
A soft white fleece they come to be,
Over which, the delighted children ski.
Fluttering as they float in the winter wind,
Each one different from its fellow twin.
Bearing the most intricate patterns and designs,
Each in its brilliance, incandescently shines.
Glistening like gems in the moonlight,
Setting ablaze the darkness of the night,
They swirl and swirl and forever descend,
Till at last into the landscape they blend.
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