Snowfall

A poem for the city's first snow of the season...

Photo by Will Xiang on Unsplash

ANTICIPATING SNOW

Anticipating snow	face
pressed against the glass
	like a fish in its bowl.
Patience 	running thin,
	as if the earth
would wait for you—
	like that time
	I picked you up,
all dressed up for prom,
and you 		descended 
	down the stairs,
sequins		shuttering
	like snowflakes.
The miles between covered
	in an instant,
when you walked down the aisle
and put your hand in mine—
	you wake up the next day
	and the world is frozen white.

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