Dark Winter Days

• Tharani Varathan, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2021

The black bare trees
So solemn they look.
A blanket of white
Covering all the land
No lingering light
Darkness rules it all
No joy for all the world
But the ice will crack.
All the animals will hide.
No sound at all
Except when
The Snow Queen cackles
And all is dead.