Winter Mist : Inverted Refrain

Fragile, smokey, winter mist,

scattering on to pine trees,

winter grains through summer sift,

on hills, valleys below spreading freeze:

                      Spreading freeze as summer sift,

                       winter mist on  pine trees.

From clouds it descends down,

gluing to every pine needle,

surroundings wear a white gown,

the chill sounds a bit feeble:

                             White gown descends down,

                              softly on to pine needles.

Summer colours fade away,

into rivulets they wash afar,

now, a grey slate lay,

sprinkling icy crystal stars:

                                Rivulets take colours away,

                                from the sky fall as stars.

A misty cap covers the forest,

milky way over the paths,

a beautiful heavenly adornment,

different ways it charts:

                          Milky way on paths and forest,

                          decorates the divine art.

Inverted Refrain: Created by Jan Turner.

Four six-line stanzas. 24 lines total.First two lines make a statement. Next two lines extract meaning.Last two lines are the inverted refrain and are an indented couplet.The rhyme scheme is a-b-a-b for the first four lines.Lines #5 and #6 are the inverted refrain. a-b or b-a.