Article Title

Snow in April

Authors

Ellen Diehl

Abstract

how often does your heart push away

the very human impulse of sorrow?

a flurry of the unexpected

makes us numb

when the peppery cold that lies softly on our hearts

stings far more for its imperceptibility

than for its gentle defiance of what cannot be controlled

it is easier to lie down and collect the dust

of what once moved freely in joyous waves across the shoreline

than to brush off the cold

Recommended Citation

Diehl, Ellen (2020) "Snow in April," The Peregrine Review: Vol. 33, Article 7.
Available at: https://mosaic.messiah.edu/peregrinereview/vol33/iss1/7