Breaking all over again

A poem about too much beauty

brittle winter branches
gather fresh snow
with the delight of
a child waking up
to a winter wonderland

how lucky am i
the branch murmurs

as snowflakes stack
compact
thicken
grow heavy
threatening to snap
the once honored
branch

now regretting the
magnitude of beauty
it tries to hold up

the branch longs
for a strong wind to
topple the flakes
to the ground
so it can…