By: Ashley Beth
the winter storm at night
makes you feel helpless
reminds me of that dream
where I’m running away from something
or to something
and I can’t get there
I’m stuck
silence
snowed in sticky, slippery pieces of cloud
quietly creating a boundary around you
you can’t get out
“we can’t get out”
wrote tolkien
i could die here
go off the road
a moment of ‘thud’
an ever after of
silence
night
and snow
bad combination
creating instant isolation
brought from jack frost
and you expect
jack torrance
to axe you a question
“Wendy,”
Moira
Angela
“Darling,”
“Light of my Life.”
“I’m not gonna hurt ya”
“I’m just gonna bash your brains in”
A maze in’
What a difference
The Sun makes
Le Soleil
And here is the morning
After the skies cried all night
Having a silent
Temper tantrum
Like you do
Before you get a shot
Against the flu
And then suddenly
Just like that
It’s over
And you get
This Lollipop
Of a view
How do you like them apples
Winter Blues?