By Gretchen Martens

Snow falls peacefully

On a wounded world

The visionary who has lost her dream

The love with the broken heart

The child whose innocence shattered

Snow falls gently on a jagged world

Hard edges smoothed into soft curves

The solace of Gaea’s bosom

Nurturing her dispirited progeny

Snow falls radiantly

Under a full moon

Stillness so deep you can hear your own heart beat

Over the staccato whisper of hard frozen snow

Restoring wonder to the disillusioned

Snow falls reassuringly

Like the murmur of a lullaby

Gaea embracing the world in her arms

Compassion evaporating pain and fear

Tenderly renewing hope

Snow falls bracingly

Inspiring the faith of humanity

And the visionary dares to imagine

And the lover dares to love

And the child dares to trust

Hope in the Falling Snow was written by House of Book Editor Gretchen Martens and originally published in House of Hope.