ANOTHER WINTER - by Geoffrey Hoffman

ANOTHER WINTER by Geoffrey  Hoffman And now two seasons play at dice, And now grey winter’s iron hand With a twisting of the wrist Throws the six that autumn missed, And takes the trophy of the land. Winter, if it had its way, Would win the universe at play, And build a prison out of ice. But underneath earth’s frozen rind The tiny lives that will not die Snuggle together to survive. A robin on a leafless tree Flutters and chatters cheerfully - A touch of red in a world of snow, With tiny, curious eyes aglow, Warm, undefeated, and alive. And as the robins, so live we Though under human roofs we lie, Safe from the white death in the sky.