Gray and white palette - Frosted pines bend in the wind; Ice crystals, floating.

MEMORIAL Immortalized names - Who only time remembers, In stone, on a hill.

SNOWFLAKE Fluffy white dusting - Blanketing all it touches, In cold purity.

SMOULDER Barely contained warmth. Heady anticipation. Waiting, wanting - ache.

3J’s A cry in the sky. Above, gnarly brown fingers - Three blue jays, perched high.

PHONY Always smiling, sweet. Kind, saccharin voice - masking, Malcontent, discord.