After Snow

Sparkled light fades to grim studded ice
Bright frost silent, slips away  –
Reveals blackened leaves,  crisp in chill wind
Stripped branches, accuse long winter night
Stark death mute decay – locked in long night
Weeps for departed beauty
Lifeless, drear, empty in loured clouds 
Drawn raw marrow deep
Loss –  ice rimmed, mourns death