Snowfall

Haley Niedra

 There is no silence

Like the silence of a snowfall.

Those little frozen flakes

Break away from cloud and sky

Hurling themselves towards

The earth.

Little white gems against the vast

Dark and dreary nature.

Maybe they hope to brighten it,

They cry out as they fall –

In glee

Or fear -

No one knows.

But their screams

Are silent.

There is no sound

When they land.