Antler in House Organ
Safe For Now
Blue spruce so covered with snow
The tree seems more snow
than tree
While behind the snowy branches
Near the trunk
halfway up
A cardinal perches
Watching deepening snow
droop the boughs
Till they're snowed over
Forming a windproof airspace,
inside
As far as the snow drifted in
While light still filters through
deep blue
Peaceful, still,
As wind roars outside
and snow plummets
Making the cardinal feel
Safe from now from the blizzard.