snowflakes

a little-known fact

about snowflakes

is that they don’t melt

when teargassed

or tongue-lashed;

multiplied,

they’re capable

of crippling commerce

and each one is unique

so you can’t lump them all together,

though you can try.

You can go on calling them snowflakes, of course—

it won’t offend them

because they know

that God names each of them,

short-lived as they are—

they’re precious,

crystals convened…

around a speck, yes—

but then…

who doesn’t have a little bit of dirt inside?

Still, there is something beautiful

about their lack of concern

as to what the season should be called.

They just go about immigrating

to our homeland

and there’s no telling

how many will come

and how fast.

They seem to invite us

to just make peace

with how little we can control them

and welcome

the break from ourselves they give us.

A little-known fact about snowflakes

is that they are tougher than they seem.

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snowflakes

by troy cady