The Day after Valentines Day

You arrive so quietly, so gently,
Soft snowflakes who float and swirl
Breathtaking in your dance
Opening curtains on my seasonal heart.

This performance has a bright opening
Clap for you and I receive cold kisses,
Squint at your white chaos and my eyes long
For contrast in branches and trees.
Dizzy with delight, I dance with you.

The side stage door twinkles
I sense a cast change coming.
Wands of wind blow in the next act.
Bent bushes once butterfly full
Bow to the weight of performance.

Crystal coverlets lie in mounds.
My new eyes in sharp focus
Catch sight of something center stage
In the quiet globe of winter,
The most brilliant red bird I have ever seen.