snow in the desert

"I was lost again... wandering aimlessly along the deserted streets of an unknown old town. I was alone, all by myself"...a thud on the window startled me and I woke up from my heavy dream. I lay on the cot staring at the piece of sky peeping in through the window pane. Well, it seemed like a moonlit night,but what is that glittering fluff pouring down?..Is the cloud melting....?I gathered myself ,reached for my -3.0 glasses and looked out of the window. I could not believe my eyes...Good Heavens!!!It is SNOWING...Giant flakes of snow is showering down the heavenly sky. In the light of the street lamp, the whole world out of the window was so splendid, the trees clad in velvetty snow,cars and pavements white with snow.. there was snow and snow everywhere...nature was indeed at its best... sparkling with austerity.i thought about my dream. All my self doubt and insecurities suddenly seemed to wane. Yes, it is the time for a new beginning. It is the 31st december again.I kneeled in front of the lighted candle. The flickering light of the candle seemed to be dancing to my prayers. The dead leaves of 2009 have fallen off and is buried in snow now. The past would never turn its ugly head at me from under the frozen layers...I can feel the warm green sproutings of 2010 struggling to unfold..The thought of those colourful floral buds blossoming in the new year, aroused waves of joy inside me....