First Year’s Snow for a Blind Girl
2023 winter is coming.

Did it snow?
I’ll never know
I must venture outside.
Hand out stuck
Looking to pluck
A snowflake from the sky.
Nothing yet
A few more steps
I guess the snow’s not here.
Wait! A breeze
From behind me
I turn. It came from where?
Just like that
The snow goes SPLAT
On my face. Winter’s here.

Author’s Note: It’s new again this year, so I’m still excited about snow at this point. Feeling it hit me in the face was a nice little “hello!” from Mother Nature. In a few weeks, I’m not going to be so happy to say “hello!” back.