ENDURANCE
Winds whip sheltering snowdrops
clutching their cup like bonnets
as if needing a chin tie
not to be pummelled skyward.
After a half-moon cycle,
if the gusts have gone to ground,
white heads will open outward,
bobble in calmer currents.
Then should snow blanket the ground
they will blend comfortably,
know they will out last melting
as they announce Imbolc's light.
Kaaren Whitney
18th January 2007
