SNOWFLAKES OF THE HEART

Gray clouds the sun did hide
Northwest winds their speed increased
Snow clouds over mountain ranges intensified
With small bands of tiny frozen particles
Each unique to its own form and shape
Dropping gently on the mountainside
Insuring within hours that our Valley
Lying surrounded by our ranges wide
Soon too will have a white powdery layer
Of frozen moisture known as snow.

'Tis a sight beautiful to watch
 Countless flakes of pure white
Drifting ever so slowly downward
Across our entire countryside
 Delighting children everywhere
Bringing peaceful smiles to others there
Especially those still young at heart.

To those of you with like mind
Appreciative of Nature's gift of white
A possible correlation may exist
In that, as with each flake of snow,
No two of our human hearts are equally alike
For each is as different as two flakes of snow
Though perhaps in closer comparison
Our color runs red instead of white.

Herbert Holzbauer
© January 2001

Midi Title: Valley of the Clouds

Composer: Bjorn Lynne