A Winter Storm - SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

The gray and overcast sky

filled with clouds that slowly roll in

to cover the sun with a dark blanket

turning noon into midnight

The whole world is silent

barren trees are lonely and desolate

not a single gust of wind to move the earth

or wake her from her winter sleep

The soft snow begins

without a sound it lands gently on the icy ground

blanketing the last leaves of the fall

with a pure white sheet

As the snow falls faster

the wind soon arrives

whispering bitter and icy words

to the unmoving, stoic trees

The blizzard reaches its apex

the howling wind and the icy snow

biting at anything in their paths

leaving mountains of snow wherever they travel

The flying snow and shrieking gale finally subside

leaving only the whisper of breeze and the soft dance of snowflakes

gently falling from the brightening sky

until even they die away

The sun suddenly breaks through the blanket of cloud

dissolving the gray blanket overhead

shining its warmth on the sparkling ocean of snow

and the old trees with their branches of ice

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