Winter Sanctuary

I like the idea, also--and the freedom to make inferences here.  What I'm looking for and still want from this is some indication that my inferences are within the scope of the poet's intent--

For instance, 'sway'--I paused here because I see a pendulum's motion in 'sway'...which is not a motion typically observed in a snowflake.  If I (metaphorically reach...within the context of your poem, I can almost grasp that the 'hand of God' might be the source of a pendulum's motion here...but...is that just my reach or your intent?