The Merger

[If you haven't checked out Cafe Writing, I strongly encourage you to pop over there. There are a set of prompts each month - great for those of us who have busy schedules that mean a week goes by too fast! This is for the Pick Three prompt to write something using three (or more) of eight words. I wrote one poem and then I found another in those prompt words, so you get a two'fer.]



The Merger

The freezing rain completed a hostile takeover overnight
and in the process drowned each leaf and stem.

In the morning every twig was encased in sparkling ice,
magnified as if gilded by invisible hands.






Oh!

I allow myself to be astonished
then time moves me to another state -
as fast as a perfect snow flake melts on my nose