The sun wasn't out much. When it did decide to show it was beautiful, and warm. When you passed by there wasn't much, but snow. I walked as I always do. It was white and it was something that stopped you. The way beauty has a way of doing.
The snow was melting, not a car in sight. As I walked I sought to see something beautiful. I would go for however long it took. I didn't care.
It was a bright blue day. The suns brightness reflected the most glimmering light off the snow. Entrapped by the smells of cold, my cheeks felt like rose petals. I felt I was alone and it was for the first time in a long time. No traffic and no noise. I saw a snow storm coming our way and even though the wind pickup it remained a perfect mid January's day. The plants looked dead in color you still knew life grew around you. My breath was so vivid it fogged my sunglasses. I could hear crunchy footsteps but no true direction on where the sound was coming from.
It was the most beautiful natural musical progression. The way the wind sung through certain trees. Whistling and howling, deeping the sound and balance. Bouncing off of thick oak and twirling past the pines. Every so often a bird joined in. This felt like a moment out of a Hemingway novel. It is something the whole body experiences. It stops you. Like the way new buds bloom in the Spring. When trees turn gold from the first frost in the Fall. The way salt feels on your cheeks after wading in the ocean. The way the full moon cascades such a light you can see all its craters.
Being there and feeling like you are the only one. The gravel road stretched out as far as I could see. A moment of silence in nature, now that's a beautiful thing.
The snow storm finally gave way and dropped perfect flakes from the sky. Cold crystals fell onto my cheeks melting from the remaining warmth on my skin. The sun was hidden from puffy dark clouds. I turned around from the dirt road, passed the horses grazing in a wide open field. Felt the harsh wind pick up on my back.
My time was done I had found something beautiful all in a winters day.
