bringing the sunshine
Catching the snowflakes as they fall
The taste of winter cold and clear
Staring at the frosty swirls etched upon the windows adoringly
The heavy blue clouds entrap the sky in their folds
Winter has descended
And I sit on the cold frozen ground
Sacrificing my feeble warmth to the earth
Brimming with joy at the bitter cold and grey
People pass by
Busy as can be
Snow is only a nuisance
The ice a hazard
The cold a burden
To me they are exotic things not seen in many moons
Many seasons, many years
Since I have seen trees dressed in their frozen-white garb
The sky and ground melding, freezing into one entity.
I wish I could give these winter people my sunshine
My muggy days, frizzy hair, and sweat trickling down in rivulets
Like silent tears begging for that break a storm would bring
But that will not come for weeks
As the ground cracks and crumbles
while the sky remains a swamp.
So I will send them this note
A bottle of sunshine to warm their hearts to winter
While I harden to the cold
They will soften to warm
And one day we will look at each other
And know we are the same under our jackets and parkas
Under our tan lines and bleached hair
They will not laugh when I dance in the snow
I will not laugh as they bask in the sun
Because there will be no them and me
In sun and snow we are only we.