Up at six o’clock Shower, dress, leave Daughter is with me Rely on water for fluids Head to St. Ignace Cross the Mighty Mac Continue to Traverse City Daughter picks up repaired auto We each head back I need to make three stops For fuel and de-fueling My last stop is in Gulliver I am turning right as She signals a left turn Follows me home Eight hours and fifteen minutes Staggering but beautiful Flying by on Highway 75 Trees are painted with snow Many look like Birch but are not Evergreens have branches Heavy with snow Golden leaves still on oaks Everything is as it should be This is winter Precipitation begins to fall Rain drops turning to snow flakes Roads get slushy Extra care taken Fifteen minutes and it is over Dry roads and the bridge near Cross bridge; enter God’s country You could smell it in the breeze But too cold to lower window We just know Another hour or so we are home Then our day will begin Stanski February 1, 2020 ^
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Steve Haarman 