Snowed In & Reminiscing

So I'm stuck here, for the moment, at my parents' home as the snow and ice come down outside. I've got to figure out a way back to my apartment...I'll probably get somebody to drive me home in my dad's earth-killer (aka SUV) and just leave my car here for part of the week.

But being stuck indoors, without my necessary law books to study, is enough to make me go through old files and documents I have stored on my computer. I actually came across a poem that I wrote a little less than 2 years ago. Now, I'm by no means a poet (as the verses below shall show), but I find it funny how what inspired me to write this then, still inspires me today.

When you've been stuck wandering without hope,
Through the canopied and musky forest,
The darkened and clustered surroundings
And the humid, musky air clog your nostrils and blind your scope.

You are left with a deep longing for the unknown,
For the natural light...for pure, cleansing air.
Yet our lungs burn and shun all but damp weather,
Hands block away sun beams that shine where holes in the canopy have grown.

Our deprived senses dream and long for the divine...
But the shock of its beauty is too much to bear.
So often we throw away that which we have desired
Because that which we despise has melded with our minds.

Of course ... the question lingering in my mind is regarding what it is that has melded with my mind? Maybe the powdery snow and the wintry ice can help me figure it all out...