Ashes do not settle; they drift in a pirouette of decay that refuses to be held by your static, frozen winter.
A reading from Psalms 147:16
He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
— Psalms 147:16 (en_asv)
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Scattered like ashes.