Frosting

In the still of the cold, dark night
something white and fluffy takes flight.
It won't come until the temperature is cold.
So cold it will give everyone a red nose.

You will not hear it come
for silently it comes.
Gently it does pile.
It gives children smiles.

It covers everything by morn,
like a calm shelter in the storm.
Perhaps the weatherman forewarned
of this approaching winter storm.

There is a hush afterwards
whenever it comes, unheard.
You might find bunny tracks
in the garden out back.

In the morning when you awake
you'll find white frosting on a cake.
Everything looks new and clean
then the sun comes out and it gleams.

Look!  There's vanilla ice cream cones
on top of the fence posts there formed.
A party is waiting to begin
with cake and ice cream so let's dig in...

for snow covers everything
in the gardener's garden.
A winter covering,
protection offering.

A winter wonderland snow makes
looking like frosting on a cake.
Enjoyed by all
the first snowfall.

* * * * *

Do you dread the coming of cold snow
or like a child, can't wait for snow?
Why do adults see problems, drawbacks, and chasms?
Why can't we maintain childlike enthusiasm?

To believe in God, who is the great Creator,
then made a way for us to receive the Savior,
we must all come in childlike faith and simple trust
for it's not a matter of the mind, but of the heart.

Let the little children come to me,
and do not hinder them,
for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
I tell you the truth,
anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God
like a little child
will never enter it.
Mark 10:14-15