Picture Perfect "Winter"

The first picture I found perfect

  

The simple title in white,

“Winter”,

With a slight shadow behind.

Clouds brew above,

Darkening the world into a coarse-grained picture

Taken to capture the perfect moment

In which the willow girl tilted the world

As she swayed in the wind.

Arms, outstretched branches that fade

Into twig-like fingers.

None dare to think her human

The way she drowns in her elation

And plants herself among the stretching sea of fading verdure.

A house in the distance,

Silhouetted by the fading light,

Just as the willow girl had become:

A shadow doll, frozen in perfection,

To forever wallow in the plains of Winter. 

Author's Note

The cover of the book "Winter" was the first picture I ever saw that captured my heart. For my entire freshman year back in high school, I drew doodles on the sides of my notebooks as I tried to at least come close to the perfection I felt when I saw this cover. I have come across other "perfect pictures" later in life, but this was my first.

Reviews

[Eric Pudalov]

Gorgeous descriptions...I especially like the "plants herself among the stretching sea of fading verdure." It really captures the mood amazingly.