After The Storm

The storm that raged through
the dark hours of the night
with its howling winds and
an orange ghostly glow
clamped throughout the
forest has spent its fury.
Silence prevails, the wind 
departed, the chastened woods
now pillowed and billowed in
snow, a tranquil transformation.
Creatures of the forest though
remain sequestered and hushed
prey and predators alike, each
unwilling to venture where
nature stormed their haven.