Poem: Crystalline Flakes Fall Down

 

Crystalline Flakes Fall Down

Crystalline flakes fall down from the sky

Melting all colors of the auroral world

Causing men to scurry about to ply

The piles from the roads and the holds

So children can catch buses for school 

And the work of our lives can continue

Making none the wiser, perhaps the fool

That the world is frozen and should be subdued.

Awake from your slumber, plows to prepare

Light the fires to warm the buildings

So that they don’t become tombs so spare

That no one can cause the bells to ring.

We all know it’s true that frost bodes death

Yet here we are alive as ever we have been.

Shine the lights, let them sparkle as our health 

Cannot be frozen like the rain has been.

No, we cannot slumber beneath the snow.

We must dig out, not let this be our grave

But awake to the morning so we grow

Toward the sunlight beyond the cloud’s maze.

Rouse the children, fill them with nourishment

So they stay warm and strong throughout the days.

They must carry on as we know they’re meant

Because when has sun not broken the maze?

Keep the lights shining through the frozen night

And let the children in the snow just play

Because somewhere out there the sun is bright 

And the old man, Death, cannot have his way.

We all know it’s true that frost bodes Death

Yet here we are alive as ever we have been.

Shine the lights, let them sparkle as our health

Cannot be frozen like the rain has been.

So children catch buses for school

And the work of our lives can continue

Making none the wiser, perhaps the fool,

That the world is frozen and should be subdued.

Crystalline flakes fall down from the sky

Muting all colors of the auroral world

Causing men to scurry about to ply

The piles from the roads and the holds.

December 2022

About This Poem

This is another from the archives, but I remember that it was a significant snowstorm in December and we were all anticipating a snow day which didn't come. School and work continued that day and this is a poem about carrying on, being persistent no matter what. The picture is on a super cold day that was beautiful. It's an alley here in town.