Hard Thoughts on a Cold Day

 

Everything is hard at 20 below

Getting out of bed, walking the dogs,

keeping the house warmth enough to avoid icing inside.

Snow in the driveway is packed hard and flat, but not slippery ... it's too cold for that

In summer, my driveway is torture, the potholes have potholes

But the snow has covered them up, filled them in, smoothed them over.

Life is that way, sometimes

Today's hardship covers or fills or smooths yesterdays troubles

Changing the shape of our lives, sometimes for the better; even while making things ... 

hard.