~T’was the Fourth…

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T’was the fourth day of December
And I sat with scissors in hand,
Destroying bits of paper,
Piece by piece and strand by strand.

Trying to create a masterpiece –
A perfection of cuts and folds.
A small paper imitation
Of a snowflake – minus the cold.

But instead, I sat for an hour,
Annihilating every creation,
Destroying each attempt at a paper beauty
No matter my slicing deviation.

I folded corners out of place,
I sliced the poor things in half.
Paper simply should have been running
From my destructive path!

But at the last, the very last,
When I felt weary and nearly done,
I finally – finally – began to see,
How the ending could happily run…

And going ever so slowly,
Making folds and cuts with care,
I finally came out with the snowflake,
I do above with you share.

Despite original intentions,
I stopped after just one.
It was rather too late to keep going
But I plan more later – no, I’m not yet done!

To the KING be all the glory!

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