ESCAPING THE WINTER LANDSCAPE

          Snow covers my view outside,
and it's all so very, well,
so WHITE, so colorless. 

That’s my main problem with winter--
it’s lack of color, or rather,

It’s choice of WHITE
as its accent color. 

After a few days, the WHITE
Changes to a dreary
Gray slushy shade
Which unfortunately never seems to melt
Until mid-April! 

Now I think
 that every few weeks in winter,
Nature (or God) should add
Some stripes

or polka dots

 to the landscape.
Perhaps pastels, nothing too flashy. 
Shades we may see in brief glimpses

In spring or summer
On some preening flowers for a few weeks.
Or in October
 with a few flashy showoff trees.

But right after Christmas
When all the tinsel and twinkling lights
And giant Santas and gleaming gifts

Have all been taken down
And stored away
Or thrown out. 

Let’s bring out the
 TURQUOISE
 ORANGE
 PURPLE
 BROWN
 RED.

Let’s spray our wintry landscapes
With juicy gem-like colors
As we wait for Nature’s sweet greens

And spring blossoms
To bless us again. 

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The colors can even spring
 out of your own imagination,
Even as you sigh from your wintry window. 

Better than ONLY WHITE,
 I’m thinking!