Snow falls soft and gently: <br />it settles almost imperceptibly <br />on ground and roofs and trees. <br />It even stays on twigs and branches <br />and makes smooth humps from tussocks. <br /> <br />But all this creeping, pretty layering <br />can soon mean trouble <br />when people venture out <br />to find themselves on skiddy roads <br />or unable to tend their livestock <br />or stuck in roadside drifts at night. <br /> <br /> <br />So we shouldn't only see white beauty <br />when we contemplate a snowscape: <br />it's like thin ice, its weird attraction <br />only slightly covers danger.<br /><br />Robert Melliard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/snowscape/
