How To Make A Snow Angel
Go alone or with a best friend.
Find a patch of unbroken snow.
Walk on tiptoes. Step backwards
Into your very last footprints.
Slowly sit back onto the snow.
Absolutely do not use your hands.
By now you should be lying flat
With snow fitting snug around you.
Let your eyes drink some blue sky.
Close them. Breathe normally.
Move you arms back and forth.
Concentrate. Think: snow angel.
In a minute don’t be surprised
If you start feeling a little funny.
Big and small. Warm and cold.
Your breath as light as a snowflake.
Sweep your legs back and forth
But keep both eyes tightly closed.
Keep moving the arms until they
Lift, tremble, wobble, or float.
Stand without using your hands.
Take time to get your balance.
Take three deep breaths.
Open your eyes.
Stretch. Float. Fly!
By Ralph Fletcher
Go alone or with a best friend.
Find a patch of unbroken snow.
Walk on tiptoes. Step backwards
Into your very last footprints.
Slowly sit back onto the snow.
Absolutely do not use your hands.
By now you should be lying flat
With snow fitting snug around you.
Let your eyes drink some blue sky.
Close them. Breathe normally.
Move you arms back and forth.
Concentrate. Think: snow angel.
In a minute don’t be surprised
If you start feeling a little funny.
Big and small. Warm and cold.
Your breath as light as a snowflake.
Sweep your legs back and forth
But keep both eyes tightly closed.
Keep moving the arms until they
Lift, tremble, wobble, or float.
Stand without using your hands.
Take time to get your balance.
Take three deep breaths.
Open your eyes.
Stretch. Float. Fly!
By Ralph Fletcher
