A half hour before it came,

Before it rained down

Twirling, swirls of endless

Snow, the warning came first:

Avoid the roads!

Prepare for outages!

A day that began in sun,

Seemed unfit for a squall,

Yet, we found one–

Or, it found us,

Extinguished the lights,

The heat, the sounds

You don’t notice

Until you hear real silence.

Or, have it thrust upon you.

Whatever the case,

It was a thing of beauty.

And today, the sun is back,

As if it has returned for a bow,

Like, Tada! Look what I did!

And now, I am amazed

Nature, and its beautiful way

Of transformation

Of unpredictable wonder

Of, what feels like a baptism

For those willing to applaud,

For those willing to give

Even a standing ovation

For Nature, and its creation.