what hope looks like

Originally written in November of 2020.

He said, "You know,
snow is a lot like
our hope."
I knew what he meant

When it's dark
when it's bleak
when your heart is cold
and you feel weak
watch it
begin to
fall

It starts small
and continues
to build
accumulating
as we
stand still

then it's there
all around
every square inch
of the ground
whiter
and suddenly
it's all a little
brighter