Almost Monochromatic

It's been snowing for

what seems like months.

Today is the second blue sky in

about four weeks.

True story.

Every other day has just been

white everywhere you look.

How my soul loves

the beauty

of a the blue sky

among the

black and white earth.

Winter white.

Everywhere

the eye can see.

The earth

seems

black
under

blanket

after blanket

of

snow.

Dead.

Yet

piercingly

beautiful.

The white

touches the white

part of my soul.

And the black

touches the black.

The complexity

of my emotions

seems to find

a balance

among the

monochromatic

landscape.

The only

colors

that surround

are

black,white, and brown.

And then the clouds lift

and

blue shines through.

Like a breath

of fresh air.

Or water

to the thirsty

Sahara traveler

who reached

her oasis.

There is blue

in my soul too.

And red,

and yellow.

The colors release

to find the sky

and remind me

of my beauty

amidst

the wintery white.