Wintry Blast Poem by Marilyn Lott

It came in without concern for others
It didn’t matter to whom it would offend
It was rude and cold and mean
A wintry blast is what nature sent

A solid frozen world we were given
No matter if we wanted it or not
It was not what we’d have chosen
But a wintry blast is what we got

Folks died because of the weather
So many things can go wrong
Ice given in such magnitude
Is so furious and so very strong

Everything was encased in ice
Clear and hard and cold
We couldn’t walk or even drive
And believe me it soon grew old

Well, we know nothing lasts forever
But there is one thing that we ask
We pray for warmer kinder weather
And melt this wintry blast!