The sky gets dark and grey

Animals quiet and return home

The stark, bare trees begin to sway

Children no longer roam

 

The first snowflake falls from the sky

Pretty, glistening with complex a shape

The snowflake flutters like a firefly

Down, down, down, it travels in a traipse

 

More and more snowflakes aggregate

The children watch with awe

No matter the age, the snow still fascinates

The beautiful landscape is truly raw

 

The storm finally reaches its zenith

Beyond the windows, all is opaque

The snowflakes truly are behemoth

But eventually, this tempest has to break

 

The grey clouds turn white and dissipate

The sun shines, beaming its rays across the snow

From their homes, the animals migrate

From the ground, the plants began to grow

 

 

 

Daniel Joffe is a junior at New Jersey High School and is interested in a career involving science. He is a competitive baseball player, an honor roll student, and a member of the National Honor Society, the Science League, and the Junior Classical League. Community service is also very important to him. He has been very involved with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Pitch in for Baseball, and the local food pantry.