“Some Words for the Week”

Rain more than I’ve ever seen

up here in the high alpine dust

the roads now rivers

the crooked lawns and pastures

a glowing super color green

so much water falls

that the flowers still sleep

and the mushrooms

have not yet poked up

from under the needles

and sky reflecting puddled mud

and this week in the forecast

there are coming storms

the same number as the days

but oh my god

when the sun does return

I picture a bloom like no other

a May and June of water

a July and August

of living hills

and wildflowers

like spilling perfect paint

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