Visions of Snowflakes

I heard the cheers

Across the miles

Children waking up

To the first snowfall.

The flurry of hats and mittens

As they slide out the door

Anticipation of a dive

Into virgin snow.

Snow Angels

Covering where

Piles of leaves

Were recently raked.

Snowmen sprouting up

Like winter's harvest.

Jackets pelted with

Snowflakes and snowballs

Creating a new breed of polar bears

Out of the lumbering bodies beneath.