The radiant halo of the late afternoon
sun lingered on the horizon beyond
the pall cast by the day's snowfilled clouds.
It hung brilliantly as though uncertain
whether it should abandon the day to
dusk and oncoming darkness of night.
Then it was gone and the mauve clouds
exhausted from the day's release of frozen
crystals littering the frozen ground below
turned a fiery pink and finally an onrush
of darkness flooded the forest, its canopy
stiff with the burden of snow capping
the landscape where a polarized struggle
between black and white saw a victory
realized as light emerged from a distant
source that shone on the clouds and
reflected the snow, banishing night.
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