Ice Storm

Tinseled trees! Touched by sun,
their radiant sparkles shine.
Fragile frozen droplets
fiercely clinging to the vine.

Miniature mirrors making merry,
dancing in the sky,
Waving wonderful wintery limbs,
for all passers-by.

Blinding brilliance buoys spirits
but it breaks the boughs.
Winter wind blows weary weights
which bend as strength allows.

© 2015 gratefulsue
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January 18, 2022
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When I woke up and looked out the kitchen window that day, I almost laughed out loud for joy! While I slept, the ice storm had done its work, producing stunning beauty. The morning sun shone through thousands of ice-coated branches everywhere I looked and the effect was breathtaking! Every time a branch swayed in the wind, each place the sun’s beams intersected blinked on and off like tinsel reflecting white lights on a Christmas tree! At the same time, I well knew that there would be hundreds of broken branches, a few felled trees, downed power lines, and some car accidents all around the city. Life is beautiful and difficult… often at the same time.