THE HISTORY OF SNOW

 

THE HISTORY OF SNOW

were we the readers of the history of snow

the history of melting

or of letting go

or having that much

farther to go

snow blind, we read on.

and winters acculumated

our faces worn quite through

with all the endless snowing

that we knew

that we trudged through

warming our hands at the fireplace

of the old stories,

the ones where you come in out of the rain

to take your tea and toast

not wanting to leave again

or quiet refreshment from the holy ghost

and somewhere in the castle

in a room you loved the most all tucked away

you find the books that say that said from childhood

what you longed to say

the ones where it is suddenly made plain

that you are reading in the blizzard too

of your own life

and will melt soon

and your true Spring, resume.

mary angela douglas 9 february 2017