SOL 9/31: Snow Day

Every year we used to have multiple Snow Days,

Of recent days

They seem too rare.

It’s Colorado we deserve more,

I think the number should be four.

Four every year that is it.

This year we have had a draught.

And that has made me pout.

None so far,

Why,

Why.

Well today was my lucky day.

I could feel it coming.

It would be today.

It had to be.

I sprang from my bed full of hope and desire.

Please let it be,

It had to be.

I leap down the stairs and flip on the news.

“All Denver Public Schools Have Been Closed”.

Could it be,

Could it be true.

I had to look it up just to make sure I wasn’t dreaming,

Imagining.

Yes it is!

It is true.

It is far over due

but at last it has come.

There is only one thing that I mill over in my head.

“What to do First?”

There are snowmen,

And snow forts,

Steaming cocoa,

Computer Games,

TV,

And of course the thing that I think first,

Sleeping.

Go back to bed and forget I had to wake up,

Sleep.

There is no way to describe the feeling,

I guess cause there is no feeling for it.

This is what makes a snow day a snow day.

Not the adventure or fun,

The rest.

Nothing is on your mind.

You curl up in a ball wrapped in a robe or blanket,

And just fall asleep,

It doesn’t matter where,

Who is watching.

What is happening,

When.

It just matters that you,

Sleep.