Snowflakes & Tears

The snow
         falls
               softly

(as do my tears)


Mother Earth
   absorb
       my fears


nurture
   the youngseed
       still asleep


     water,
      seep
      deep

soft they feel
silently
          melting


white
     white
the silence calls


let them heal
       my pain...


(softly

       they

            fall)

water -- the key
that gently releases
the inner me


& every seedling
that would be free


   into spring