Swirling on windy wings,
Winter takes its hold.
A hand, spiderwebbed with frost,
Grasps the world between,
It's calloused fingers.
The clouds engage the fiery sun in a seemingly endless battle,
One they know they cannot win.
Tiny warriors armed with swords of ice,
Descend and wage a short war upon the earth,
Peircing skin,
And freezing hair.