Emotional Snow Day

Doesn't rhyme

What I wouldn’t give for an emotional snow day 

An unexpected freedom 

A day to play and run and scream and just experience pure 

Joy 

For once just once 

What I wouldn’t give to be able to experience the calm 

Blankness 

Of a world covered in smooth undisturbed snow 

With the flakes peacefully falling to the ground 

My mind tries to go to that place 

But it can’t find it 

What I wouldn’t give for a day to let go

A three day weekend without lingering guilt 

Red blood on red poppies 

GIs marching home to just to get stopped by redlines 

To walk around 

Anywhere 

Just anywhere 

Without outrage at 

A sign worded in a way that commemorates all the hard work of Mr. Serra 

Without even mentioning the word genocide 

Of just the fact that a golf course exists 

During a drought 

On public land 

On the site of an internment camp 

What I wouldn’t give to just let go 

And go flying of into abandon 

But there is only 

Crying 

Barking 

People that had wants and needs and thoughts and opinions 

Draining

from the moment I wake up

to the moment I go to sleep 

Take five minutes to yourself they say 

Self care is important

You need 10 minutes of me time 

But I really don’t 

I need to wake up unburdened 

To spend the day living without consequences 

To go to sleep in a cozy bed 

And sleep a deep restful sleep

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

YES, YES and a whispered 'yes' to make a very gentle point. Your words are the perfect antidote to what goes on in the world. Tis like ants going up and down the trunk of a palm tree and its every branch, day in day out.. as seen once when camping! No snow in sight but green on green, sumptuous, luxurious and real for Man and Creature. Bare feet and claw respectful to what the soil gives!

Your snow, similar but different..no in-fighting and no out-fighting merely peace in all colours rapt/ wrapped in just the one. Life should be on equal footings, under a similar if not same flag, a language understandable and where the first word uttered to friend and stranger alike is PEACE

Peace not only in 'our time' but in all times. Snow is thought of being peace pure, pure peace.. that after it falls not when humans have rushed its offering.. but have turned it into a quagmire. Is that the best that Mankind can create/do for itself. Seems your words calmly say the sweetness of truth not the would be violence of 'must be - or else', how cruel, unforgiving, thieving and more than more can be of the negative.
CHAOS BE gently DAMNED.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think the world needs a calm, undisturbed snow day...one of peace and love and freedom to be who we are without wars, without hate.
when the snow falls it is so white and pure...and we get to stay in bed and rest.
The world needs a rest from the chaos.
I see I nice allegory in this piece.
j.