Winter Blinded

Blinded in the light of winter

Seeing only what covers us

Or what the wind allows

Coldness and bitterness

Is easily felt

But what is real is 

What lies in understanding

That the truth is evident

And passing through the darkness

As it buries the old

And welcomes what is new

A hidden realization 

In the white of the snow

That we are all wounded

And naked for the world to see

Unclean yet innocent

Corrupt yet pure

Motionless yet forever flowing

Until we melt with the snow
And wait for the next storm

To help us rise again