Gilded Conclusion ~ Response to Option 3 ~ Cafe Writing

PROMPT FOR #OPTION 3
Dreaming time has reversed,
I watch drowned snow
Appear to lift up from the lake;
Reshaping magnified, each risen flake
Looms in the air, deliberate and slow,
Allowing me to let your picture form and wake
Astonished that you have returned to go
To watch me watch drowned snow lift from the lake.
Dreaming time has reversed—and you,
Your red cheeks radiant against the wind,
Are gliding toward me on the ice into
A frame of glided twilight—I
Again awaken from your being gone to find
Your gloved hands covering your lips’ good-bye
So you can watch me watch uplifted snow
As if your absence now concluded long ago.
- Robert Pack ~ "Snow Rise"
Pick at least three of the following eight words, and write a paragraph, scene, flash-fic, essay, blog entry or poem using them. It’s fine to change tenses, or pluralize if you want to, but please bold the words you choose.
astonished, conclusion, drown, gilded, hands, magnify, snow, time
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GILDED CONCLUSION
Hands wave
Astonished in silent protest
This is not how it should be at all
This is not how it should be
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Hands magnify
The yawning abyss of neglect
Shaping the awe of horror
With simple white smoky etchings
In the sky
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Hands close in prayer
Hoping for some snow whiteness
Nature's whiteness
Nature's forgiveness
Blanketing the crimes of a wayward child
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Time has become a gilded conclusion
Gilded with fool's gold
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Hands drown helpless
In the memory of the celestine signs
The eyes were too blind to see