Walking quickly,
With no thought to anything,
I passed the window.

My steps faltered.

I turned,
And was frozen by awe.
The night was dark,
Streets lit by solitary lamps,
For clouds had rolled in without
My noticing.
Their fury had turned to ease,
Releasing neither lightning
Nor furious rain,
Rather snowflakes,
Falling in soft clumps
Like lazy leaves settling onto the earth.