Waking up this morning and glancing out the window, my world went monochrome overnight.
Last evening, my world had color- green sprouts poking through, early Spring flowers blooming. But this morning only black, white and gray fill my vision.
Just like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, I stepped from beautiful Technicolor into black and white. I, however, have remained in the same location of Upstate New York,
Just like Dorothy, at the end of the movie, found the beauty of home, I am in awe of the beauty in this monochrome morning. This has inspired me to write from the prompt, Outside the Window, to try and capture my view.
Outside the Window
My world has turned
to black and white
as many inches of snow
silently covered all surroundings
during my slumber.
Small white flakes stream
from the light gray cloud blanket above
collecting atop of earlier adventurerers
adding flake by flake to our inches of accumulation.
The evergreen boughs
bend without breaking under the white-weighted heaviness
reaching downwards searching for support from underneath.
The leafless branches of trees
reach ever upward frosted in a coating of winter white
bright against their darkened bark.
The first peeps of Spring color in yellow blooms
no longer seem to exist
as they have been endangered by the overlay of this passing season.
The hard frozen ground
is now an inviting quilt of eiderdown
calling you out to experience
the comfort and calm of this morning’s beauty.
Doodads and Doodles 
7 responses to “My World Went Monochrome”
I love the opposite/juxtaposition of Wizard of Oz. Also how you utilize color and references in the poetry is also fun. I especially enjoy this line “The first peeps of Spring color in yellow blooms
no longer seem to exist”
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I really like your post…love the pictures from your window…somehow, here in Chicago, we didn’t get the winter storm expected… today I see the sun and , no snow, may be some rain later on… but as you know, in Chicago we can have 50 degrees and tomorrow 15… but for right now, let me just enjoy the sun !
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I love this line- “my world went monochrome overnight.” Jarring, yet beautiful. The Wizard of Oz analogy is on point. Great slice!
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The comparison to The Wizard of Oz is fantastic – and the way going home is monochrome and beautiful. In your poem, I notice how you only have one point of color – and even that is buried. And the photos are very pretty!
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Thank you for pointing out the use of 1 color in my poem but that it is buried. I didn’t even notice that!
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I woke to the same “white-weighted heaviness,” Cathy. While I am sad the “first peeps” of Spring progress are now muffled, I take comfort in knowing it is only temporary. Lovely Slice of prose and poetry today. Nicely done.
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Your slice reminded me of that movie that starts in black and white and then as time passes, turns to color. What an expressive poem!
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