Some words for the week

broken down cars

yellow taped and frozen over

on the way to town

like storm broke ships

hollowed hard luck hulls

derelict in wind waved

roadside mud splattered snow

half buried and impact battered

in the remnants of

the weekend winter war

which the wind

and wet weather won

a reminder

or more a proclamation

that despite our asphalt

our studded rubber

our four wheel drive

and puffy jackets

we have not yet tamed

these blizzards off the mountain

nor the black ice

nor the frostbite

and nothing but

the spring ever will

Alexander Shalom Joseph is a writer from Gilpin County. He is a published author. For more information and to subscribe to Alexander’s Newsletter go to alexandershalomjoseph.com