Another Ice Storm

Cold and dreary
The rain falls
Freezing
Coating the world in its ice.
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A wonder to
Behold,
But oh so cold
Its embrace.
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Under my roof
The only sound
A drip drip
As it comes down
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But so heavy a weight
It lays on my world
An ounce at a time
Until!
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Tree limbs snap
And crash to the ground.
With the sound
Of small arms fire.
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Then,
With the report
Of a cannon,
A whole tree comes down.
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Power is lost
As lines snap
Under the burden
Of the storm.
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A storm
No raging winds.
No whipping rain,
No whirling snow.
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Just a drizzling drip
In the cold artic air
Warm above
And cold below.
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Oh, such a
Quite storm
Just a drip, drip, drip
Unceasingly.
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Until it has had
Its way,
And coated my world
In its glitter.
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Such a breath
Taking
Sight it leaves behind.
Awe inspiring!
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Ice crystals,
Like diamonds,
Adorn
And glisten in the morning sun.
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Hiding all
Damage done
Under its beauty
And quite grace.
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Leaving fences to
Be repaired.
Generators to
Be started.
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Roads to be cleared
Power to be restored
As life
Goes on.
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©
Rexx