This January Day

Nature was inspired to 
nudge away the sun this 
morning and install 
a pewter shield over 
the world to lazily sieve
dustings of fluffy snow
below. Midafternoon
brought an eerie silence
to the muffled forest
puffed and primped with
snow. Clumps and clusters
sparkled dimly from
evergreen boughs as an
early twilight eclipsed 
this January day.