landscape sketches - the tree - revised

[close frame]

the old tree's
dark brown arms

out-stretched towards heaven

standing. bending. 

growing together. 

fingers extend 

to touch the sky

in the chalky mist

of snow

[medium frame]

gray grass bobs,
 bends in the bitter breeze
backs burdened by snowfall
heads bow towards the tree
standing tall, lined in white
unmoved by February's breath

[distant frame]

snow falls like a cloud of chalk
against a living, grayed, black board
the gentle, rolling lines of the field
curtained by white winds and falling snow
in the distance, a strong stroke of
dark brown pokes through the white