Snow Memories

Snow

Outside the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory

We got the call that you never want to get

Your dad’s not well so you better get here quick

Money was scarce and resources were low

But family comes first so we must go

We rented a car and left early in the day

And headed for lands, to us, far away

The sun was bright and the weather was cold

The weatherman’s prediction of no snow was bold

We drove all day and into the night

Through state after state with no snowflakes in sight

We finally made it to New York State

The night was dark and the hour was late

Then the snow began to blow

Across the lanes moving to and fro

No other cars in sight for miles and miles

We began to get worried, we lost our smiles

No cars, no trucks, not even a house in sight

Had everything else on earth gone to bed for the night?

The snow was blanketing everything and deep

No restaurant or gas station or Inn for us to sleep

After hours of solitude we found a small diner

With two lone customers, one sporting a shiner

We asked how much further til we reached our destination

She said just a couple more hours to that station

By the time we reached the place we were going

The snow was feet deep and still blowing

All stores and restaurants were not visible from the cars

As the snow piled so high it seemed to reach the stars

Ice on the insides of windows appeared

As across the frozen lakes the ferries veered

The snow finally stopped but left in its wake

A mess the likes I could never dream to make

The locals continued on their daily course

No fear of the deep snow, no vocal remorse

We Southerners were not used to such weather

And couldn’t wait to get back to a climate much better

#3 during our Vermont trip

This post was brought to you by Mama Kat’s Pretty Much World Famous Writer’s Workshop and prompt #5)   Write a poem about a snow memory.