HIDDEN AWAY
I’d love to see a starlit night
With a radiance so bright
And the moon with her glow
As across the sky she does go.
But clouds beset the view above,
Heavy with snow not warm love,
Dimming the winter’s cold beauty
As those thick clouds do their duty.
Today the sun struggles to shine
As snow falls as winds do whine,
A veiled orb of paleness gleams
But cannot win through it seems.
The pall of winter is falling fast
How long will snow clouds last?
For when the snow is settled in,
A night winter beauty we will win.
When moon and stars shine on snow,
Wrapped up, out at night is good to go,
For they glitter like diamonds quite rare
And the scene in a picture beyond compare
As soon as the snow clouds vanish away
Their duty completed for one wonderful day,
That night when stars and moon are bright
The feeling of Christmas will come into sight.
(Millicent) Ann Margetson 2 December 2005