a hearth makes a home
through faintly frosted windows
fresh baked bread
oblivious children laughing
flickering flames
combat the cold
disdainful weather
dutifully held without
in drowning darkness
frozen storms contain
forcing lives indoors
while whipping winds howl
obliterating, recreating,
snow reconstructs terrain
a brief wild world without
is crafted by the excluded
ostracism offers expression
encasement is an artistic form