11 February 2021

winter weather advisory

it's still not snowing. for days the forecast fanfare foretold 

snowflakes, winter storm warnings abounding, and staring 

out the window past the current negative temps and tales of 

snow for the next 6 hours the green grass and dismal freezing 

rain belie the snowflake icon. i can't sit still. i check the 

window. i check the app. the continual disagreement echoed 

by the tumultuous wind keeps me restless. i'm pacing. i'm 

looking for signs of something new, something overdue, 

but all i see is complacent normalcy. an unusual icicle here 

and there but otherwise a normal february landscape. this 

does not fit. the arctic air mixed with the sub-zero temps 

combined with clouds producing precipitation all point to 

white puffy flakes. i'm ready for winter to be over but i'm 

also ready to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of a frosted landscape. 

all the normal is upside down and i'm still adjusting. the wind 

fretfully howls outside my window, but not to decorate trees 

with snow ornaments. what if everything i used to distract me 

is no longer at hand? He makes everything beautiful in His 

own time...can i wait for that? is it snowing yet? will it ever?

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