On a gloomy winter morning, <br />When boughs stood mourning, <br />With an agonized mind, <br />I left my home behind... <br /> <br />Lanes laid in snow, <br />Footsteps mine - A friend in tow... <br />Ice-topped mountain peak, <br />Granting glimpses when I keek... <br /> <br />The snow crunched below, <br />A withered bloom laid low, <br />Giving way to red blobs of cherry... <br />A little finch sang in merry... <br /> <br />The tinge of sadness, <br />That weighed my heart, <br />Like a dew dropp trickling down, <br />Withdrew....Soothing me... <br />As the winter's gift I had!<br /><br />Raihana Abdul Jabbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/winter-s-gift/
