Serenity

Pretty dresses
drape simple slipper
guiding velvet tiptoe
soft on silver snow.
Bells tinkle,
hooves canter,
sleighs slide.
Breath freezes
like diamond clouds
in the wintry air.

Poets take up their pens,
Composers open their scores.
Memories, portrayed.
Beauty, ingrained.

Snowflakes flutter
and join the dance.
Treetops glisten
and trees
watch in silence.