Snow falls on the ancient city
Lit now by modern electric lights
And every flake reflects that light and more
All hard edges are gone, softened by snowfall and time
Winter branches just black silhouettes
Stark against the scene below.
No artificial snow globe could capture
The beauty of timeless structures
Sprinkled with modern lights and merry brightness
Punctuating the swirling softness of snowfall
A winter night at its
Most picturesque

Disregard the cold,
Sparrows, doves are sleeping
The finches fluffed and nestled trunkside
Deep within sheltered nooks, and evergreen coves
The house cats are curled for the night
Cozy and warm inside
Homes whose windows glow golden with warmth from within
In the cold city night
And a stillness descends over the scene
The only sound the shushing of snow
As it falls steady
Drink in the beauty, and hold it inside
A treasure of German winter
A priceless instant
Captured forever