sparse elegance

December 7 - December 11 Week 46 /72

of the first crystalline sheet of

lake ice stretching shore to shore

air bubbles captured and frozen in time

of a frosted map of intricately etched

islands and opaque oceans of chilled

water vapor radiating out across windshields

of a gentle early morning snow frosting

the frozen surface of the lake leaving dark

mysterious circular windows into the world below