last week's snow now 
hard enough to walk on —
no sign of the sun

how the light will look
if there's snow on the ground —
bedtime story

relay race —
we pass our survival tips
down the line

deep in the earth
something whispers "now"
to the cicadas

scraping away snow
so the walkway is clear
for the next snow

snowy morning —
chickadees all excited
over an old nest

piled up in drifts —
the things I’ll need to tell you
when we are apart

a fox and a deer
walking out over the lake —
embodied trust

snow-covered world —
everywhere I go i leave
a trail back to you