Snowbird

The Ekphrastic Review's Challenge

“Cold” by Remedios Varo

Snowbird

Scrapped his wings, fashioned
a cape instead
On his ice-crystal steed
he skates through bleak clouds
scooping buckets of flakes
to shroud our wintry world

Infants feel his force,
howl in the night
shattering whole households
But as soon as he passes
they snuggle in their blankies
suck on their binkies
drift back to sleep
and wake to crystal-white