Come Wnter

Come Winter

3 years old
And there’s only
a huge open field
Around you
You breath in
Absorb
Bits of the breeze from above 
And there’s room to run

7 years pass
And you have moved
To a park well known
Where the swings sway
But always dutifully return to their mindless
Standstill 
And the breeze has passed
And the wind has come
It pushes you 
One way or the other 
But you are still you 
And you are free

5 more years
And you stay close 
To those you know best
And a blizzard is pounding
All around you
Torrents of snow 
Infiltrating your skin
Slowly seeping in
And no matter how you try
To block it out
And keep your warmth
The storm is strongest 
And contains you
In it’s frozen
Ways

-jjt