Windswept Jersey Shore Poem by Brian Kilpatrick

We walked the windswept Jersey Shore
Early on a frozen New Year’s Day
Our layers of clothes could not prepare us for
The icy winds that blew the sand in swirls
And drove the waves incessantly
Upon the rocks the water sprayed
There the ice made its slippery way
The Twin Towers stand nestled in some clouds
As a barking dog chased the seagulls and the crashing waves
We searched the dunes and sand swept shores
And found something we did not bargain for
Even with time and our wind swept minds
Those memories can never be blown away
Of the warm joys we shared on the icy Jersey Shore
With summer still 100 million miles away