diff --git a/src/posts/poetry/snowball.md b/src/posts/poetry/snowball.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e99e6e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/poetry/snowball.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +--- +title: A Snowball Grows +date: 2021-01-29 +tags: +- literature +- poetry +--- + +White falls from the sky \ +onto a mountain \ +and so a snowball grows. + + +White falls from the sky \ +on the village beside \ +but the snow is shoveled aside. \ +People laugh and they play, \ +pushing problems away \ +as the snowball grows. + +The white comes down heavier \ +and the villagers cheer \ +but the mayor sees the danger. \ +He travels around \ +telling the town \ +as the snowball grows. + +"It's just a snowball," one person says \ +as they stare at their screen. \ +"We'll take care of it later," another suggests, \ +the paperwork beside them untouched. \ +"It's not going to hit us," asserts a third \ +as they walk into their door. \ +"That's a fake snowball," somebody claims \ +as they wear their red cap. \ +"That's too much work," the last person scoffs \ +in his house barren of items. + +And so the snowball grows. + +One day the sun rises \ +but the snowball \ +blocks its light \ +and its shadow \ +looms over \ +the village. + +Panic erupts — \ +the villagers scramble \ +up to the mountain \ +to hack away at the snowball. + +The white comes down faster — \ +the villagers pray \ +but the snowball \ +continues to grow. + +Finally — \ +the snowball is freed. + +One house is crushed. \ +A sigh of relief, \ +and everyone return \ +to help rebuild the house. + +The next year: \ +white falls from the sky \ +onto a mountain \ +and so a snowball grows.