How Winter Came To Be

Catch quick a cold, succumb to a fever Latch quick to a lover, create snowflakes in the ether That's how winter came to be She, a farmer's daughter in August He, an executive in Necropolis He wooed her from the fields to tempting fruits and fates sealed Once a year, that promise revealed That's how winter came to be Torn between two polar sentient entities And the polar chasm in between She clasped to what she knew and grasped what she always desired for That's how winter came to be Her fear of disappointing parental guide and her fear of letting the greatest love die, tore her up something awful inside He, though thought contrare of nature, had an understanding of her better than herself And blood still thicker than water, kept its tendency and let the seeds of compromise grow That's how winter left the scene Other seasons come and go All feelings ebb and flow She and He still love one another She is now balanced in all things: love, family and responsibility That's how winter came to be Better than she thought when her heart was finally free.