About the Poem
I wrote this poem shortly after my second daughter was born. It seems to intermingle the essence of a newborn purity and freshness with that of my own less than smooth life path - which nonetheless has brought me back to the peace and love I have today.
Snowflake |
| by Paul Hoekman |
| Tumbled from a cloud rolled over and over and out of its nest, floats to the earth, in so much dark yet illuminous. Landed in a tree, top of a hill, in colorful dreams of soaring, slept into the morning, until something broke the chill. Snowflake, special different from all the rest, and when you love what your doing that's when you'll do your best, with God's help we can pass any test. With just enough light to see it listens to a distant sound, and caught a glimpse of the ocean before the sun helped it to the ground. Now a drop, it stumbled into a swift moving stream like a toboggan, flume, roller coaster, such an ultimate adventure, one wild and crazy screaming stream. Snowflake, special different from all of the rest and when you love what you're doing that's when you'll do your best, then let God take care of the rest. It slowly flows into a river, wide ,slow, bold and free, heard so much about the ocean, learned so much, met so many, there's so much love in the sea. |
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