“Some Words for the Week”

On single digit nights like these

in the bath with the lights off

with the window cracked

the condensation freezing

into webs of frost on the glass

the moon halved and high

there’s no wind and no sound

and the snow is solid ice

and the silent hands of the gods

hold up the whole world

so perfectly still

and everything shines

in the greyscale shafts

of moon rock echoed sun

Alexander Shalom Joseph is a writer from Gilpin County. He has two published books and one more forthcoming in the Fall of 2022. For more information and to subscribe to Alexander’s Newsletter go to alexandershalomjoseph.com