S - Snowflakes

 

Down came the snowflakes 

Descending over so gradually 

Bit by bit, flake by flake

Engulfing everything around

In that pristine shroud

Dissolving all the other hues 

Under a blanket of pure white

Almost enthralling all in a trance

Overwhelmingly making you believe 

In its forever permanence 

But for that, one lone bench 

That stood there testimony 

To that ever transient rhapsody

Of the fleeting emotions play

From time immemorial 

For, it had witnessed it all

And lived through the assortment 

Of the varied streaks of emotions

All, which often meant nothing 

More than a heart's manifestation 

Yet intertwined to form an embodiment  

Of everything, of that one single whole

Each entitled to an epithet of its own

One an enigma bigger than the other

However, whatever be they

Whether a necessary evil

Or an elusive fantasy 

They always came in 

And happened to befall

Just like the snow

Tiptoeing away stealthily 

Only leaving behind

Those few moments of euphoria 

That could be only held on

As the rest melted away

Season after season

Bit by bit, flake by flake

PS : This post is posted as part of #BlogchatterA2Z 2021 challenge for the letter S.  

Poem posted as part of the 30 day poetry challenge for the month of April #NaPoWriMo2021 and #ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour.