Friday, November 22, 2024

first snow

a babe raises its mouth
to a morsel, to a cry 
we don't know 

fates fall from the sky
as unrelenting and
absurd as dust

don't ask me if I'm ok
I hope you can see
it's never forever

certainty lies: blatantly
yet also reposes soft
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Pic: It snowed yesterday and it was bearable because it was cozy inside.

6 comments:

StephLove said...

We had our first snow yesterday, too. Just flurries that lasted about an hour, but I watched it from the window of a bakery where I was having coffee and half a scone and it was nice.

Gillian said...

Cozy. Share photos of your home.

Nicole said...

It's so interesting, Maya, it's been raining here which is foreign to me in November - Calgary has like five inches of snow!

maya said...

That sounds so cozy, Steph!

maya said...

I'll do that, Gillian :).

maya said...

Whoa! FIVE inches already?! I hope that makes you happier where you are, Nicole <3

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