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If I Were A Snowflake

If I were a snowflake
I might be a mere particle of dust
encased in ice.

I might once have been a bit of pollen
or pollution from a traffic jam
swept to heights by winds unseen
then transformed
by every molecule of water vapor
that tripped over my icy prism
stacking crystals on delicate branches
and shimmering facets.

If I were then let go to fall back to earth
I would want you to know
that beauty may arise from ashes.



Prompt/Week # 16


Use the following title for this week's poem:
"If I Were a Snowflake"