- It snowed in Indiana
- Not an unusual event.
- Just unusual for me
- To experience.
- It varied from a flake here,
- A flake there.
- To moments of pure white
- unadulterated by any color.
- To sit, warm, cozy, and
- Cuddleable.
- Watching, entranced by
- The whirling ever-changing.
- Hypnotised into a relaxed
- Meditative trance.
- It was majestic to see
- The snowflakes falling, floating,
- Driven to the ground.
Originally written: November 16 1997
- Ah, yes I remember it well. I had not seen a snow storm in twenty-five years (25) years. I was visiting Indiana from San Jose, CA. it does not snow in San Jose, CA. The hills around the city will get a dusting once or twice a year but not in San Jose. I spent my early childhood in Upper Michigan north of Houghton and Hancock. We regularly had snow in excess of 4 foot on the ground. Cabin fever is a real disease in the winter unless you enjoy winter activities.
- I moved to Colorado in 2000 in preparation for retirement. The first snow of the winter season has the same effect on me. After that it gets less enjoyable as I get older. I chuckle at the change, but it is understandable.
Snow has that effect on me too. We don’t get it very often, if at all. This year 2010 was a record breaker and most likely the only time we will ever have that happen. Great poem. 🙂
I like that fact you now have time to experience these things. Think it was Walter de Lamare who wrote ” We have no time to stand and stare..”
I enjoy snowfall too – although this last winter we were snow-bound for almost 3 weeks.
I enjoy rain storms too – my granny used to say it was the angels washing the clouds clean!