Windows, wide with possibility, how they seem to
\nDraw me near, and in the ignorant bliss of
\nYouth I peered out on midnight drives
\nConvinced the man in the moon was hot on the
\nTrail in pursuit of our minuscule clunker
\nOld faithful, and in hindsight, maybe he was after all
\nMama threw open the shutters on those rare occasions where
\nPowdered snow blanketed southeastern wilderness and
\nLonely hilltop where our cozy cabin stood as
\nSmoke billowed out of lone stone column and
\nEach icy, crystalline flake, I studied with
\nSleepy eyes fixated on the grace and glory with which they
\nWafted, down from the heavens, to join unified body on earth
\nNo two quite crafted just alike, but humbly surrendering their
\nUnique designs to form a seamless whole, and how can it be that
\nFrozen water droplets outshine us like that?
\nI lay there nuzzled into my mother\u2019s every crevice and
\nGreedily siphoning warmth from her familiar body that was my
\nFirst home, and into my sleepy ears she sang Silent Night, and a
\nFrigid, crystal clear, silent night it was, indeed
\nOut of those same windows I fearfully watched as
\nFlashing bolts of light sometimes struck ground before the
\nRaging, rolling roar that followed, but I could never stand it for
\nLong before I scurried off to take cover in my blanket fort bunker, but
\nNow these same storms excite me, arousing the energy of
\nCreation out of my bones where it lies dormant as a
\nMighty switch flips on to peel back the blockages and
\nElectricity flows free, and I watch from behind the
\nPanes of thin glass and wonder what I\u2019m meant to see<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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