Free Verse Poem about the February 2010 Snowmageddon in Western PA |
My Snow Covered Back Steps Lay In Wait Peering out the kitchen window at nothing really new A novel thought passed thru my noggin, jogging my memory Snow covered steps awaited, planning my untimely demise Their cold blue icy stare looking back at me grinning Thoughts of inanimate objects conspiring to kill me Waiting in lie for me to make my move silently hoping Thoughts of me flying through the air crashing down hard My head slamming off each of the sixteen wooden steps I pause to think and decide that they may have the best of me Older now and wondering where the hell this fear came from I am hesitant to tread outward and do battle with them Outnumbered sixteen to one, me a far cry from my youth In my mind the sixteen foes laugh at me as my blood spills They laugh harder at their intimidation of me, held captive No escaping this internal fear, it is new and unexplored Confidence lacking, I am trapped and suffocating slowly Perhaps they are angry at having to bear the weight of my large frame Countless times I have tread on them unthinking, ungrateful Never a kind word, thought or thanks for their services rendered Just repeated usage time after monotonous time, heaviness Of course I know or believe that they really don't want to kill me Maybe just injure me or make me look foolish to the neighbors Just for a laugh and perhaps a warning for future snow covered days They sit silently in their shroud of white ermine waiting, unwavering |