First Sunday of Advent & first snow!!!

SNOWY FLAKE

The rain for pain.
The sun for fun
And falling snow
Slows everyone.

The fluffs of white

Float to the ground.

We look, we feel

But there's no sound.

It falls from Heaven,

So it's blessed twice,

Like rain and sun

An earthly spice.

For nature's needs,

It's all created,

And to our souls

It's tightly mated.

For rain can soothe

A sobbing breast.

The sun sheds light

On one depressed.

And snow, so cold,

She takes our breath,

In silence comes

Like old man death.

Reminding us

Slow down and make...

Your souls as white

As snowy flake.

THE GRAY BOX

I'd pray

But I can't.

I'd play

But I shant.

I'd stay

But I won't.

I'd lay

But I don't.

I'd say

But I choke.

I'd pay

But I'm broke.

I'd weigh

But I'm pared.

I'd slay

But I'm scared.

I'm clay

But I scope,

For the gray

Box, I grope,

Where sin

Meets its rope

At despair's end-- now hope!