Open Question

It's always dicey flying in winter in snow country. The recent Christmas delays because of bad weather had me thinking back to another "fingers crossed" flight.

Open Question

My visitors pace, radar concerns.

Only star-shine and frostbite lace

these windows, but lake effect snow

forecast to the east.

Christmas week played out.

Time to reverse the sleigh, fly back

through the night.

The winter storm musters,

casting shadows across packed bags

and family members, weather apps

and advancing clocks.

Happy chatter from the youngest,

but the rest sit in silence. All caught

in thoughts of "What if . . .?"

until their flight gets a green light.

Umpteen fingers crossed as they lift

towards Orion, including this grandma here

and the other grandma there.

Marilyn Aschoff Mellor