I Write - Decade Edition - Roaring 20's

Winter Solstice - The Longest Night of the Year

Darkness creeps over the earth
Marking territory and slipping its shadowy fingers
Under the blanket of night.
All is quiet as slumber falls over everyone.
As midnight approaches not a sound can be heard
The snow an insulator wrapping us all in
Tight and cozy in our beds.
Dreaming of the earth's reawakening
And the morning's frosty footprints.

Lines = 9.

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Written for

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The Solstice Poetry Contest  (ASR) With the Solstices coming in June, let's write poetry! #2251187 by Future Mrs. B

- December 2023 part of

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The Contest Challenge  (13+) Join by entering a contest a month for 12 months--Win Badges! Catching up is allowed! #2109126 by Schnujo is Late to Lannister

The Rules:
*Lines can't exceed 15 (except if it's a form poem).
*Please put a line count at the end of your piece.

Prompts: *Write a nocturne about the longest night of the year.

A nocturne is a poem set at night.