the frost-bound dawn…a crystal pane…young lives stood bright…snow…a deep canvas…silent… crows in sunbeams…above…across the cloud-strewn sky…an aggregate of stone…grey and old…tales of journeys etched within…heat and cold… their shaping force…deer and rabbits…tracks in white…a fragile peace in the frozen air…the young ones watched…eyes keen…the crows’ flight… the snow’s expanse…the chill…the hidden stories sensed…within the stones…a whispered echo…of time and winter…the sun…a diamond in the haze… winter’s maze revealed…crows descended…to the frozen stone…a moment of wonder held…in winter’s clear…deep stillness…