December's Bliss

Warm
winter
sun rises
encircled in
a cold, cobalt sky.
Blinding, brilliant sunbeams
catch and reflect upon the
silvery, still, white splendor of
an immaculate morning snowfall.
Icy breaths linger and mingle as one,
puffs of floating clouds, suspended in air.
Boughs bend beneath beautiful burden
of new-fallen crystals of snow.
Crunch of boots on ice shatter
the splendid silence of
Mother Nature’s gift,
wrapped warmly in
December’s
utter
bliss.