Mother

Mother,

How do you feel when the life disappears
When the snow starts to fall
When the branches break

Mother,

Where do you go as the ground freezes through
Do you sleep,
Do you switch hemispheres

Do you live in the ice
In the solid soil and clay
In the flakes
That fall onto my hand and
Melt into my skin

How does it feel?
Do you change as I do
As the old plants die
Waiting, searching for rebirth

Mother,

Will you stay with me
As I become new

by Haley Riddle

Trees covered with snow